The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1578 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: Integer overflow in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers (CVE-2020-12362)

    * kernel: memory leak in sof_set_get_large_ctrl_data() function in sound/soc/sof/ipc.c (CVE-2019-18811)

    * kernel: use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/adutux.c driver     (CVE-2019-19523)

    * kernel: use-after-free bug caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c driver     (CVE-2019-19528)

    * kernel: possible out of bounds write in kbd_keycode of keyboard.c (CVE-2020-0431)

    * kernel: DoS by corrupting mountpoint reference counter (CVE-2020-12114)

    * kernel: use-after-free in usb_sg_cancel function in drivers/usb/core/message.c (CVE-2020-12464)

    * kernel: buffer uses out of index in ext3/4 filesystem (CVE-2020-14314)

    * kernel: Use After Free vulnerability in cgroup BPF component (CVE-2020-14356)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in serial8250_isa_init_ports function in     drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c (CVE-2020-15437)

    * kernel: umask not applied on filesystem without ACL support (CVE-2020-24394)

    * kernel: TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code (CVE-2020-25212)

    * kernel: incomplete permission checking for access to rbd devices (CVE-2020-25284)

    * kernel: race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2020-25285)

    * kernel: improper input validation in ppp_cp_parse_cr function leads to memory corruption and read     overflow (CVE-2020-25643)

    * kernel: perf_event_parse_addr_filter memory (CVE-2020-25704)

    * kernel: use-after-free in kernel midi subsystem (CVE-2020-27786)

    * kernel: child process is able to access parent mm through hfi dev file handle (CVE-2020-27835)

    * kernel: slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon (CVE-2020-28974)

    * kernel: fork: fix copy_process(CLONE_PARENT) race with the exiting ->real_parent (CVE-2020-35508)

    * kernel: fuse: fuse_do_getattr() calls make_bad_inode() in inappropriate situations (CVE-2020-36322)

    * kernel: use after free in tun_get_user of tun.c could lead to local escalation of privilege     (CVE-2021-0342)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereferences in ov511_mode_init_regs and ov518_mode_init_regs in     drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c (CVE-2020-11608)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes     linked from 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.

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RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2021:1578)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149670

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Version 1.12 Nov 8, 2024, 2:25 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411080225
Version 1.11 Jun 4, 2024, 9:37 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2019-18811,CVE-2019-19523,CVE-2019-19528,CVE-2020-0431,CVE-2020-11608,CVE-2020-12114,CVE-2020-12362,CVE-2020-12363,CVE-2020-12364,CVE-2020-12464,CVE-2020-14314,CVE-2020-14356,CVE-2020-15437,CVE-2020-24394,CVE-2020-25212,CVE-2020-25284,CVE-2020-25285,CVE-2020-25643,CVE-2020-25704,CVE-2020-27786,CVE-2020-27835,CVE-2020-28974,CVE-2020-35508,CVE-2020-36322,CVE-2020-36557,CVE-2020-36694,CVE-2021-0342,CVE-2021-0605,CVE-2021-3428,CVE-2023-1390") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202406042137
Version 1.10 Jan 1, 2024, 3:40 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C". "CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202401011540
Version 1.9 May 25, 2023, 12:55 AM Logic Changes (Added support for ppc64le architecture) Plugin Feed: 202305250055
Version 1.9 Jan 1, 2024, 1:39 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True") Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202401011339
Version 1.8 Jan 23, 2023, 7:12 PM Logic Changes (Added support for repository relative URLs) Plugin Feed: 202301231912