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RHEL 6 / 7 : rhev-hypervisor7 (RHSA-2018:1711)
high Nessus Plugin ID 110113
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rhev-hypervisor7.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1711 advisory.- Kernel: KVM: error in exception handling leads to wrong debug stack value (CVE-2018-1087)
- hw: cpu: speculative store bypass (CVE-2018-3639)
- Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL rhev-hypervisor7 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1711.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?ae4b28d7
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ssbd
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566890
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1711
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 110113
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1711.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/25/2018
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8897
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhev-hypervisor7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2018
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Microsoft Windows POP/MOV SS Local Privilege Elevation Vulnerability)