CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
40.7%
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2862 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2019:2862. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(129267);
script_version("1.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/27");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-14835");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2019:2862");
script_name(english:"RHEL 7 : kernel-alt (RHSA-2019:2862)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for kernel-alt.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2019:2862 advisory.
- kernel: vhost-net: guest to host kernel escape during migration (CVE-2019-14835)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
# https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2019/rhsa-2019_2862.json
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?63052ef0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1750727");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2862");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/kernel-vhost");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL kernel-alt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2862.");
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-2019-14835");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(120);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/09/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/09/24");
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-alt");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-bootwrapper");
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-devel");
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-headers");
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-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:python-perf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux: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) 2019-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');
include('ksplice.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '7')) 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);
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, 'Red Hat', cpu);
if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
rm_kb_item(name:'Host/uptrack-uname-r');
var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2019-14835');
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for RHSA-2019:2862');
}
else
{
__rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
var constraints = [
{
'repo_relative_urls': [
'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/debug',
'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/optional/debug',
'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/optional/os',
'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/optional/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/os',
'content/dist/rhel-alt/server/7/7Server/power9/ppc64le/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/highavailability/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/highavailability/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/highavailability/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/optional/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/optional/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/optional/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/resilientstorage/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/resilientstorage/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/resilientstorage/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7.9/ppc64le/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/highavailability/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/highavailability/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/highavailability/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/optional/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/optional/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/optional/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/resilientstorage/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/resilientstorage/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/resilientstorage/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power-le/7/7Server/ppc64le/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/optional/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/optional/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/optional/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7.9/ppc64/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/optional/debug',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/optional/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/optional/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/os',
'content/dist/rhel/power/7/7Server/ppc64/source/SRPMS',
'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/debug',
'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/optional/debug',
'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/optional/os',
'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/optional/source/SRPMS',
'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/os',
'content/fastrack/rhel/power/7/ppc64/source/SRPMS'
],
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'kernel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'perf-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'python-perf-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
]
}
];
var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);
var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'];
foreach var pkg ( constraint_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;
var exists_check = NULL;
var cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
if (reference &&
_release &&
rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
(applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) &&
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, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = NULL;
if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
else extra = rpm_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : extra
);
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 / kernel-debug-devel / etc');
}
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
40.7%