Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update |
Informations | |||
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Name | RHSA-2019:0162 | First vendor Publication | 2019-01-29 |
Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2019-01-29 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 01 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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) | |||
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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-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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 for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le 3. Description: The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x. Security Fix(es): * kernel: Heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10840) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Bug Fix(es): These updated kernel-alt packages include also numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes in this advisory. See the descriptions in the related Knowledge Article: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3824202 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/): 1582346 - CVE-2018-10840 kernel: Heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() with crafted ext4 image |
Original Source
Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019-0162.html |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-122 | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Os | 2 | |
Os | 1 | |
Os | 1 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2019-01-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-537c8312fc.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2018-05-30 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-9d0e4e40b5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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2019-01-29 21:18:39 |
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