RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:5255)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 181632

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel-rt.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5255 advisory.

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine- tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: bluetooth: Unauthorized management command execution (CVE-2023-2002)

* kernel: UAF in nftables when nft_set_lookup_global triggered after handling named and anonymous sets in batch requests (CVE-2023-3390)

* kernel: cls_flower: out-of-bounds write in fl_set_geneve_opt() (CVE-2023-35788)

* hw: amd: Cross-Process Information Leak (CVE-2023-20593,zenbleed)

* kernel: ipvlan: out-of-bounds write caused by unclear skb->cb (CVE-2023-3090)

* kernel: nf_tables: stack-out-of-bounds-read in nft_byteorder_eval() (CVE-2023-35001,ZDI-CAN-20721)

* kernel: net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited as result of failure in tcf_change_indev function (CVE-2023-3776)

* kernel: netfilter: use-after-free due to improper element removal in nft_pipapo_remove() (CVE-2023-4004)

Bug Fix(es):

* kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the RHEL-8.8.z3 source tree (BZ#2227068)

* pods get restarted due to failed probes (BZ#2227238)

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL kernel-rt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:5255.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a124ec3f

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5255

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2187308

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213260

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215768

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2217845

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218672

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2220892

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2225097

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2225275

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 181632

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5255.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/19/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4004

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-modules

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1637, CVE-2023-2002, CVE-2023-20593, CVE-2023-3090, CVE-2023-3390, CVE-2023-35001, CVE-2023-35788, CVE-2023-3776, CVE-2023-4004

CWE: 1239, 125, 200, 250, 416, 787

RHSA: 2023:5255