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RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2012:1540)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 63152
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1540 advisory.- kernel: rds-ping cause kernel panic (CVE-2012-2372)
- kernel: net: slab corruption due to improper synchronization around inet->opt (CVE-2012-3552)
- kernel: ext4: AIO vs fallocate stale data exposure (CVE-2012-4508)
- kernel: xen: VCPU timer overflow leads to PCPU deadlock and host death-by-watchdog (CVE-2012-4535)
- kernel: xen: Memory mapping failure can crash Xen (CVE-2012-4537)
- kernel: xen: XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory (CVE-2012-5513)
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 packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?84ec8493
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1540
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822754
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869904
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870086
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870101
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 63152
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1540.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/5/2012
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.5
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5513
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3552
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 Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-2372, CVE-2012-3552, CVE-2012-4508, CVE-2012-4535, CVE-2012-4537, CVE-2012-5513