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RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2695)

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An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Extended Update Support.

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

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

Security Fix(es) :

  • It was found that the Linux kernel’s IPv6 implementation mishandled socket options. A local attacker could abuse concurrent access to the socket options to escalate their privileges, or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system call. (CVE-2016-3841, Important)

Additional Changes :

Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes and enhancements included in this advisory. To see the complete list of bug fixes and enhancements, refer to the following KnowledgeBase article:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/2754251

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2016:2695. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(94667);
  script_version("2.11");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/24 15:35:42");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-3841");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2016:2695");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2695)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
Extended Update Support.

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

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

Security Fix(es) :

* It was found that the Linux kernel's IPv6 implementation mishandled
socket options. A local attacker could abuse concurrent access to the
socket options to escalate their privileges, or cause a denial of
service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system
call. (CVE-2016-3841, Important)

Additional Changes :

Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes and enhancements
included in this advisory. To see the complete list of bug fixes and
enhancements, refer to the following KnowledgeBase article:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/2754251"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2695"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-3841"
  );
  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:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  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:7.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/08/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/11/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/11/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat 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", "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\.2|7\.3)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 7.2 / 7.3", "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-2016-3841");
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for RHSA-2016:2695");
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2016:2695";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{  sp = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/minor_release");
  if (isnull(sp)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");

  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", reference:"kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", reference:"kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debug-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-devel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-devel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-devel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", reference:"kernel-doc-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", reference:"kernel-doc-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-headers-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-headers-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-headers-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-kdump-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-kdump-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-kdump-devel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"perf-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"python-perf-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.41.3.el7")) flag++;

  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      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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