RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2015:1565)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85705

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1565 advisory.

- kernel: netfilter connection tracking extensions denial of service (CVE-2014-9715)

- kernel: execution in the early microcode loader (CVE-2015-2666)

- kernel: denial of service (DoS) attack against IPv6 network stacks due to improper handling of Router Advertisements. (CVE-2015-2922)

- kernel: ping sockets: use-after-free leading to local privilege escalation (CVE-2015-3636)

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?97eb2b57

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1565

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203712

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204722

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208684

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218074

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234470

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85705

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-1565.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/31/2015

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2666

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2922

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-trace-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-trace, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-doc

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: 8/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9715, CVE-2015-2666, CVE-2015-2922, CVE-2015-3636

CWE: 416, 454, 841

RHSA: 2015:1565