RHEL 6 : kexec-tools (RHSA-2011:1532)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57013

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1532 advisory.

- kexec-tools: Multiple security flaws by management of kdump core files and ramdisk images (CVE-2011-3588, CVE-2011-3589, CVE-2011-3590)

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 affected kexec-tools package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57013

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1532.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/6/2011

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3590

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:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3589

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kexec-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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: 12/6/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3588, CVE-2011-3589, CVE-2011-3590

BID: 50415, 50416, 50420

RHSA: 2011:1532

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