The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has a vulnerability in the kernel package that can lead to privilege escalation
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 199 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update | 20 May 202200:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update | 20 May 202200:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container security update | 21 May 202200:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container security update | 20 May 202200:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update | 15 Jul 202200:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | kernel security and bug fix update | 6 Jul 202200:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | kernel security and bug fix update | 30 Jun 202200:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update | 14 Jun 202200:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container security update | 15 Jun 202200:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:5565) | 13 Jul 202200:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
scientificlinux | www.scientificlinux.org/category/sl-errata/slsa-20225232-1 |
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
SLSA-2022:5232-1 advisory.
- kernel: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
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include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(release) || 'Scientific Linux' >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Scientific Linux');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Scientific Linux');
var os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Scientific Linux 7.x', 'Scientific Linux ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Scientific Linux', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'bpftool-3.10.0-1160.71.1.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SL7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1160.71.1.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SL7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
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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;
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if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
if (reference && release) {
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}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'bpftool / bpftool-debuginfo / kernel / etc');
}
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