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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2016:0064 centos7

🗓️ 26 Jan 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2016:0064 centos7 - The Linux kernel packages on CentOS 7 are affected by a use-after-free flaw which can be exploited by a local, unprivileged user to escalate their privileges on the system. Red Hat has issued updated packages to address this issue

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882377");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-01-26 06:11:02 +0100 (Tue, 26 Jan 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-0728");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-01-17 21:40:00 +0000 (Tue, 17 Jan 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2016:0064 centos7");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check the version of kernel");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The kernel packages contain the Linux
kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

  * A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's key
management subsystem handled keyring object reference counting in certain
error path of the join_session_keyring() function. A local, unprivileged
user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2016-0728, Important)

Red Hat would like to thank the Perception Point research team for
reporting this issue.

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The system must be
rebooted for this update to take effect.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"kernel on CentOS 7");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please Install the Updated Packages.");

  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2016:0064");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-January/021625.html");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS7");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS7")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel", rpm:"kernel~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-abi-whitelists", rpm:"kernel-abi-whitelists~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debug", rpm:"kernel-debug~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debug-devel", rpm:"kernel-debug-devel~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-devel", rpm:"kernel-devel~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-doc", rpm:"kernel-doc~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-headers", rpm:"kernel-headers~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-tools", rpm:"kernel-tools~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-tools-libs", rpm:"kernel-tools-libs~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-tools-libs-devel", rpm:"kernel-tools-libs-devel~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perf", rpm:"perf~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-perf", rpm:"python-perf~3.10.0~327.4.5.el7", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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