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CentOS 7 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:4655)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208537

Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:4655 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's cgroup_release_agent_write in the kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c function. This flaw, under certain circumstances, allows the use of the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation unexpectedly.
 (CVE-2022-0492)

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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4655

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208537

File Name: centos_RHSA-2022-4655.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/9/2024

Updated: 10/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_53_1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_59_1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_36_2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_41_1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_42_2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_45_1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_49_1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_31_1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_62_1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Docker cgroups Container Escape)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0492

RHSA: 2022:4655