CentOS 7 : kernel (RHSA-2020:4276)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208517

Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4276 advisory.

- Improper input validation in BlueZ may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access. (CVE-2020-12351)

- Improper access control in BlueZ may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via adjacent access. (CVE-2020-12352)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4276

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208517

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-4276.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/9/2024

Updated: 10/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12351

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-abi-whitelists, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-kdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-bootwrapper

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12351, CVE-2020-12352

RHSA: 2020:4276