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AlmaLinux 8 : kernel (5564) (ALSA-2022:5564)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163341

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-2022:5564 advisory.

 - kernel: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729)

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-2022-5564.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163341

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-5564.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 7/21/2022

Updated: 12/8/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1729

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-perf

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1729