CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
29.4%
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced 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) :
hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IFU) (CVE-2018-12207)
hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2019:3843. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(130935);
script_version("1.4");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/13");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12207", "CVE-2019-11135");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2019:3843");
script_name(english:"RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2019:3843)");
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 6.5
Advanced 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) :
* hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IFU) (CVE-2018-12207)
* hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a
CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to
the CVE page(s) listed in the References section."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ifu-page-mce"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/solutions/tsx-asynchronousabort"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3843"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-12207"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-11135"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
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:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-11135");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
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-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-firmware");
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: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:6.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/11/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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:"^6\.5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 6.5", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "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-2018-12207", "CVE-2019-11135");
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for RHSA-2019:3843");
}
else
{
__rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2019:3843";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
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:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", reference:"kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", reference:"kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", sp:"5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
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");
}
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12207
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11135
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3843
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-12207
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-11135
access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ifu-page-mce
access.redhat.com/solutions/tsx-asynchronousabort
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
29.4%