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AlmaLinux 8 : virt:rhel (ALSA-2020:0279)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157539

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2020:0279 advisory.

 - TSX Asynchronous Abort condition on some CPUs utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. (CVE-2019-11135)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-0279.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157539

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2020-0279.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 2/9/2022

Updated: 2/14/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11135

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:sgabios, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi-utils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf-libs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11135