RHEL 9 : tuned (RHSA-2024:10384)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211878

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for tuned.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:10384 advisory.

The tuned packages provide a service that tunes system settings according to a selected profile.

Security Fix(es):

* tuned: `script_pre` and `script_post` options allow to pass arbitrary scripts executed by root (CVE-2024-52336)

* tuned: improper sanitization of `instance_name` parameter of the `instance_create()` method (CVE-2024-52337)

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 tuned package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:10384.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 211878

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-10384.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/26/2024

Updated: 11/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52336

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-spectrumscale, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-nfv-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-nfv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-realtime, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-atomic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-sap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-mssql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-gtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-oracle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-ppd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-nfv-guest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-sap-hana

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: 11/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52336, CVE-2024-52337

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2024:10384

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