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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2024-50024)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212896

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-2024-50024 advisory.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Fix an unsafe loop on the list The kernel May crash when deleting a genetlink family if there are still listeners for that family: Oops:
 Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] ... NIP [c000000000c080bc] netlink_update_socket_mc+0x3c/0xc0 LR [c000000000c0f764] __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0 Call Trace:
 __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0 genl_unregister_family+0xd4/0x2d0 Change the unsafe loop on the list to a safe one, because inside the loop there is an element removal from this list. (CVE-2024-50024)

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-2024-50024

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212896

File Name: mariner_CVE-2024-50024.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 12/13/2024

Updated: 12/13/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2024-50024

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

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: 12/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50024