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NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : kernel Vulnerability (NS-SA-2022-0080)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167485

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has kernel packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service. (CVE-2020-25704)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL kernel packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2022-0080

http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2020-25704

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167485

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2022-0080_kernel.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 11/15/2022

Updated: 11/15/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25704

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-sign-keys, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:perf, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:python-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-sign-keys, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:perf, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:python-perf-debuginfo, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_core:5, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25704