CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2006:0132)

low Nessus Plugin ID 21979

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4. This is the third regular update.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

This is the third regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

New features introduced in this update include :

- Open InfiniBand (OpenIB) support

- Serial Attached SCSI support

- NFS access control lists, asynchronous I/O

- IA64 multi-core support and sgi updates

- Large SMP CPU limits increased using the largesmp kernel: Up to 512 CPUs in ia64, 128 in ppc64, and 64 in AMD64 and Intel EM64T

- Improved read-ahead performance

- Common Internet File System (CIFS) update

- Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) modules

- Unisys support

There were several bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The following security bug was fixed in this update :

- dm-crypt did not clear a structure before freeing it, which could allow local users to discover information about cryptographic keys (CVE-2006-0095)

The following device drivers have been upgraded to new versions :

cciss: 2.6.8 to 2.6.8-rh1 ipmi_devintf: 33.4 to 33.11 ipmi_msghandler:
33.4 to 33.11 ipmi_poweroff: 33.4 to 33.11 ipmi_si: 33.4 to 33.11 ipmi_watchdog: 33.4 to 33.11 mptbase: 3.02.18 to 3.02.60.01rh e1000:
6.0.54-k2-NAPI to 6.1.16-k2-NAPI ixgb: 1.0.95-k2-NAPI to 1.0.100-k2-NAPI tg3: 3.27-rh to 3.43-rh aacraid: 1.1.2-lk2 to 1.1-5[2412] ahci: 1.01 to 1.2 ata_piix: 1.03 to 1.05 iscsi_sfnet:
4:0.1.11-1 to 4:0.1.11-2 libata: 1.11 to 1.20 qla2100: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3 qla2200: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3 qla2300:
8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3 qla2322: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3 qla2xxx: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3 qla6312: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3 sata_nv: 0.6 to 0.8 sata_promise: 1.01 to 1.03 sata_svw:
1.06 to 1.07 sata_sx4: 0.7 to 0.8 sata_vsc: 1.0 to 1.1 cifs: 1.20 to 1.34

Added drivers :

bnx2: 1.4.25 dell_rbu: 0.7 hangcheck-timer: 0.9.0 ib_mthca: 0.06 megaraid_sas: 00.00.02.00 qla2400: 8.01.02-d3 typhoon: 1.5.7

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed in this erratum.

Solution

Update the affected kernel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 21979

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0132.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/5/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-hugemem-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-smp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-hugemem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-largesmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-largesmp, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-smp

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0095

RHSA: 2006:0132

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