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RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2018:3822)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194121

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3822 advisory.

 - kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket (CVE-2017-8824)

 - kernel: Use-after-free in sys_mq_notify() (CVE-2017-11176)

 - kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port() (CVE-2017-15265)

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 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3822.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470659

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501878

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519591

http://www.nessus.org/u?ab6844d9

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3822

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194121

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3822.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8824

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-pae, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-xen

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: 12/13/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11176, CVE-2017-15265, CVE-2017-8824

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2018:3822