The remote CentOS 7 host is affected by vulnerabilities in the kernel-alt package referenced in RHSA-2021:1379 advisory
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 199 |
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Tenable Nessus | RHEL 7 : kernel-alt (RHSA-2021:1379) | 3 May 202100:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:1295) | 21 Apr 202100:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1279) | 21 Apr 202100:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2021:1272) | 21 Apr 202100:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 7 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:1069) | 6 Apr 202100:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 8 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:1173) | 13 Apr 202100:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2022-0008) | 10 May 202200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | CentOS 7 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:1069) | 9 Oct 202400:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9115) | 17 Mar 202100:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9114) | 17 Mar 202100:00 | – | nessus |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2021:1379.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(208528);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/10/09");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2020-11669",
"CVE-2021-3347",
"CVE-2021-27364",
"CVE-2021-27365"
);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2021:1379");
script_name(english:"CentOS 7 : kernel-alt (RHSA-2021:1379)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
RHSA-2021:1379 advisory.
- An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2 on the powerpc platform.
arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S does not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR,
PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR, aka CID-53a712bae5dd. (CVE-2020-11669)
- An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3. drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c is
adversely affected by the ability of an unprivileged user to craft Netlink messages. (CVE-2021-27364)
- An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3. Certain iSCSI data structures do not have
appropriate length constraints or checks, and can exceed the PAGE_SIZE value. An unprivileged user can
send a Netlink message that is associated with iSCSI, and has a length up to the maximum length of a
Netlink message. (CVE-2021-27365)
- An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.10.11. PI futexes have a kernel stack use-after-free
during fault handling, allowing local users to execute code in the kernel, aka CID-34b1a1ce1458.
(CVE-2021-3347)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1379");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-3347");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/04/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/04/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/10/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-bootwrapper");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-debug-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-headers");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools-libs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-tools-libs-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-perf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/CentOS/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'CentOS' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CentOS');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'CentOS');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '7')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CentOS 7.x', 'CentOS ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/CentOS/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'CentOS', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'kernel-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'perf-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'python-perf-4.14.0-115.36.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var el_string = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
var epoch = NULL;
var allowmaj = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
if (reference && _release) {
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'kernel / kernel-bootwrapper / kernel-debug / etc');
}
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