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RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2014:0678)

2014-07-3000:00:00
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Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

  • A race condition flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, was found in the way the Linux kernel’s N_TTY line discipline (LDISC) implementation handled concurrent processing of echo output and TTY write operations originating from user space when the underlying TTY driver was PTY. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-0196, Important)

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2014:0678. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(76890);
  script_version("1.19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/05/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0196");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2014:0678");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2023/06/02");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2014:0678)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System
(CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is
available from the CVE link in the References section.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

* A race condition flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, was
found in the way the Linux kernel's N_TTY line discipline (LDISC)
implementation handled concurrent processing of echo output and TTY
write operations originating from user space when the underlying TTY
driver was PTY. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to
crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the
system. (CVE-2014-0196, Important)

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The system
must be rebooted for this update to take effect.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0678");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0196");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:"CANVAS");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/05/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/06/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/07/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-abi-whitelists");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-perf-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  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", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.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) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 7.x", "Red Hat " + 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$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves"))
{
  rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r");
  cve_list = make_list("CVE-2014-0196");
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for RHSA-2014:0678");
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2014:0678";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debug-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-devel-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-devel-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"kernel-doc-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-headers-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-headers-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-kdump-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-kdump-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-kdump-devel-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"perf-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"python-perf-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"s390x", reference:"python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.1.2.el7")) flag++;


  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel / kernel-abi-whitelists / kernel-debug / etc");
  }
}
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redhatenterprise_linuxkernel-develp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel
redhatenterprise_linuxkernel-docp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-doc
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