Detections
Analytics

CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2024-27016)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206382

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of kernel installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-27016 advisory.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: validate pppoe header Ensure there is sufficient room to access the protocol field of the PPPoe header. Validate it once before the flowtable lookup, then use a helper function to access protocol field. (CVE-2024-27016)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27016

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206382

File Name: mariner_CVE-2024-27016.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2024

Updated: 8/30/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27016

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: x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kernel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kernel-docs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kernel-drivers-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kernel-drivers-sound, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kernel-dtb, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kernel-drivers-gpu

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27016