The 4.14.11 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. This also includes the KPTI patches to mitigate the Meltdown vulnerability for x86 architectures
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2018-8ed5eff2c0.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(105596);
script_version("3.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-17852", "CVE-2017-17853", "CVE-2017-17854", "CVE-2017-17855", "CVE-2017-17856", "CVE-2017-17857", "CVE-2017-17862", "CVE-2017-17863", "CVE-2017-17864");
script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-8ed5eff2c0");
script_name(english:"Fedora 26 : kernel (2018-8ed5eff2c0)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The 4.14.11 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes
across the tree. This also includes the KPTI patches to mitigate the
Meltdown vulnerability for x86 architectures
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as
possible without introducing additional issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-8ed5eff2c0"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected kernel package."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A: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_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/12/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/01/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
include("ksplice.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^26([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 26", "Fedora " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves"))
{
rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r");
cve_list = make_list("CVE-2017-17852", "CVE-2017-17853", "CVE-2017-17854", "CVE-2017-17855", "CVE-2017-17856", "CVE-2017-17857", "CVE-2017-17862", "CVE-2017-17863", "CVE-2017-17864");
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for FEDORA-2018-8ed5eff2c0");
}
else
{
__rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC26", reference:"kernel-4.14.11-200.fc26")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
fedoraproject | fedora | kernel | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel |
fedoraproject | fedora | 26 | cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17852
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17853
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17854
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17855
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17856
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17857
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17862
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17863
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17864
bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-8ed5eff2c0