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RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2010:0792)
high Nessus Plugin ID 50340
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for kernel.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0792 advisory.The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
This update fixes the following security issue:
* The rds_page_copy_user() function in the Linux kernel Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation was missing sanity checks. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2010-3904, Important)
Red Hat would like to thank Dan Rosenberg of Virtual Security Research for reporting this issue.
Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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 RHEL kernel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2010:0792.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?873a8b57
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 50340
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0792.nasl
Version: 1.29
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/26/2010
Updated: 11/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.0
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3904
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.5
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:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-pae, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-xen
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2010
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/2/2023
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) rds_page_copy_user Privilege Escalation)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-3904
BID: 44219