RHEL 9 : kernel (Unpatched Vulnerability)

high Nessus Plugin ID 199265

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 9 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

- kernel: local privileges escalation in kernel/bpf/verifier.c (CVE-2022-23222)

- Kernel: use-after-free in btf_dump_name_dups in tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c (CVE-2022-3534)

- An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.2.13. nbd_genl_status in drivers/block/nbd.c does not check the nla_nest_start_noflag return value. (CVE-2019-16089)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 199265

File Name: redhat_unpatched_kernel-rhel9.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23222

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3534

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2019

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16089, CVE-2020-13844, CVE-2020-14304, CVE-2021-20320, CVE-2021-28711, CVE-2021-28712, CVE-2021-28713, CVE-2021-34866, CVE-2021-3714, CVE-2021-4202, CVE-2021-4204, CVE-2021-42739, CVE-2021-45402, CVE-2022-0500, CVE-2022-23222, CVE-2022-24959, CVE-2022-25265, CVE-2022-26966, CVE-2022-2905, CVE-2022-3344, CVE-2022-3424, CVE-2022-3534, CVE-2022-3542, CVE-2022-3629, CVE-2022-3633, CVE-2022-3903, CVE-2022-41218, CVE-2023-0045, CVE-2023-2019, CVE-2023-2156, CVE-2023-31084, CVE-2023-31085, CVE-2023-37454, CVE-2023-47233, CVE-2023-7042, CVE-2024-0775

Detections

Analytics

RHEL 9 : kernel (Unpatched Vulnerability)

high Nessus Plugin ID 199265

Synopsis

Description

Solution

See Also

Plugin Details

Risk Information

VPR

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

Vulnerability Information

Exploitable With

Reference Information