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RHEL 7 : kernel-alt (RHSA-2020:2854)

The Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-alt package version 4.x is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, leading to DoS scenarios and local privilege escalation

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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2020:2854. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(143086);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/11/07");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2018-16884",
    "CVE-2019-9458",
    "CVE-2019-11811",
    "CVE-2019-15917",
    "CVE-2019-18808",
    "CVE-2019-19062",
    "CVE-2019-19767",
    "CVE-2019-20636",
    "CVE-2020-8834",
    "CVE-2020-10720",
    "CVE-2020-11565",
    "CVE-2020-12888"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(106253, 108410);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2020:2854");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 7 : kernel-alt (RHSA-2020:2854)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel-alt.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2020:2854 advisory.

    The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: nfs: use-after-free in svc_process_common() (CVE-2018-16884)

    * Kernel: ppc: kvm: conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state leads to host stack corruption
    (CVE-2020-8834)

    * Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenario (CVE-2020-12888)

    * kernel: use after free due to race condition in the video driver leads to local privilege escalation
    (CVE-2019-9458)

    * kernel: use-after-free in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c, ipmi_si_mem_io.c, ipmi_si_port_io.c
    (CVE-2019-11811)

    * kernel: use-after-free in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c (CVE-2019-15917)

    * kernel: memory leak in ccp_run_sha_cmd() function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c (CVE-2019-18808)

    * kernel: use-after-free in __ext4_expand_extra_isize and ext4_xattr_set_entry related to fs/ext4/inode.c
    and fs/ext4/super.c (CVE-2019-19767)

    * kernel: an out-of-bounds write via crafted keycode table (CVE-2019-20636)

    * kernel: use-after-free read in napi_gro_frags() in the Linux kernel (CVE-2020-10720)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in mpol_parse_str function in mm/mempolicy.c (CVE-2020-11565)

    * kernel: A memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c allows for a DoS
    (CVE-2019-19062)

    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.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * XFS: Metadata corruption detected at xfs_attr3_leaf_read_verify [rhel-alt-7.6.z] (BZ#1830836)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_2854.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0f605293");
  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/errata/RHSA-2020:2854");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1660375");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1709180");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1760100");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1775021");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1777418");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1781204");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1786160");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1819377");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1819615");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1824059");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1824918");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1836244");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL kernel-alt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:2854.");
  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:A/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-2019-20636");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-16884");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(121, 248, 400, 416, 787);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/12/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/07/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/11/19");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
  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:"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) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.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('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-2018-16884', 'CVE-2019-9458', 'CVE-2019-11811', 'CVE-2019-15917', 'CVE-2019-18808', 'CVE-2019-19062', 'CVE-2019-19767', 'CVE-2019-20636', 'CVE-2020-8834', 'CVE-2020-10720', 'CVE-2020-11565', 'CVE-2020-12888');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for RHSA-2020:2854');
  }
  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-4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'perf-4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7a', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python-perf-4.14.0-115.26.1.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');
}

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