RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2012:0107)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57885

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0107 advisory.

- kernel: ext4: ext4_ext_insert_extent() kernel oops (CVE-2011-3638)

- kernel: jbd2: unmapped buffer with _Unwritten or _Delay flags set can lead to DoS (CVE-2011-4086)

- kernel: possible privilege escalation via SG_IO ioctl (CVE-2011-4127)

- kernel: futex: clear robust_list on execve (CVE-2012-0028)

- kernel: igmp: Avoid zero delay when receiving odd mixture of IGMP queries (CVE-2012-0207)

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 kernel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0107.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ad4088c3

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0107

https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-67874

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747942

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749143

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752375

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771764

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772867

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57885

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0107.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0028

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0207

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: 2/9/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2012

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3638, CVE-2011-4086, CVE-2011-4127, CVE-2012-0028, CVE-2012-0207

BID: 50322, 51176, 51343

CWE: 284

RHSA: 2012:0107