RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2020:4280)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141577

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel-rt.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4280 advisory.

- kernel: net: bluetooth: type confusion while processing AMP packets (CVE-2020-12351)

- kernel: net: bluetooth: information leak when processing certain AMP packets (CVE-2020-12352)

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 kernel-rt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:4280.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?096b5ac6

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/BleedingTooth

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4280

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886521

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886529

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141577

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4280.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2020

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12351

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-trace, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-trace-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-rt-trace-kvm

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: 10/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12351, CVE-2020-12352

CWE: 201, 843

RHSA: 2020:4280