RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:1173)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148489

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kpatch-patch.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1173 advisory.

This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: out-of-bounds read in libiscsi module (CVE-2021-27364)

* kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem (CVE-2021-27365)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL kpatch-patch package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:1173.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e646a41f

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1173

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930078

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930080

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148489

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1173.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27365

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_13_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_24_2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_38_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_20_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_32_1, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_27_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_43_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_34_1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27364, CVE-2021-27365

CWE: 122, 125

RHSA: 2021:1173