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Rocky Linux 8 : kernel-rt (RLSA-2022:6437)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 167797
Synopsis
The remote Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2022:6437 advisory.- Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21166)
- Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21123)
- Incomplete cleanup of microarchitectural fill buffers on some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21125)
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 affected packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2090237
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2090240
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 167797
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-6437.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Published: 11/17/2022
Updated: 11/6/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21166
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:kernel-rt-debug-core
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2022