RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_120_1 and kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_138_1 (RHSA-2024:6663)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207252

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_120_1 / kpatch- patch-4_18_0-305_138_1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6663 advisory.

This is a kernel live patch module which can be loaded by the kpatch command line utility to modify the code of a running kernel. This patch module is targeted for kernel-4.18.0-305.120.1.el8_4.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: virtio-net: tap: mlx5_core short frame denial of service (CVE-2024-41090)

* kernel: virtio-net: tun: mlx5_core short frame denial of service (CVE-2024-41091)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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 kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_120_1 / kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_138_1 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:6663.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207252

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-6663.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/13/2024

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: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_138_1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_120_1, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41090, CVE-2024-41091

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2024:6663

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