Executive Summary

Summary
Title kernel security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2019:4255 First vendor Publication 2019-12-17
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2019-12-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64

3. Description:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: Memory corruption due to incorrect socket cloning (CVE-2018-9568)

* Kernel: page cache side channel attacks (CVE-2019-5489)

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.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1655904 - CVE-2018-9568 kernel: Memory corruption due to incorrect socket cloning 1664110 - CVE-2019-5489 Kernel: page cache side channel attacks

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019-4255.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
50 % CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Os 2
Os 1
Os 3198
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-11 Name : The remote Virtuozzo host is missing a security update.
File : Virtuozzo_VZA-2018-086.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-11 Name : The remote Virtuozzo host is missing a security update.
File : Virtuozzo_VZA-2018-088.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
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  • First insertion