CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
16.4%
Updated kernel packages that fix a security issue and a bug in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.
These new kernel packages contain a fix for the following security issue :
In addition to the security issue described above, a fix for the following have been included :
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0595 and
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:0595 respectively.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(43647);
script_version("1.12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3107");
script_bugtraq_id(24845);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2007:0595");
script_name(english:"CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2007:0595)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated kernel packages that fix a security issue and a bug in the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.
The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.
These new kernel packages contain a fix for the following security
issue :
* a flaw in the signal handling on PowerPC-based systems that allowed
a local user to cause a denial of service (floating point corruption).
(CVE-2007-3107, Moderate).
In addition to the security issue described above, a fix for the
following have been included :
* a bug that can lead to data corruption with ServerWorks IDE
controllers.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these
packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues."
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-July/014019.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?37b11c64"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-July/014020.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c21bc4c0"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected kernel packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-PAE");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-PAE-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-headers");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-xen");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-xen-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/07/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/07/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/01/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 5.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"kernel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-PAE-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel / kernel-PAE / kernel-PAE-devel / kernel-devel / kernel-doc / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
centos | centos | kernel | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel |
centos | centos | kernel-pae | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-pae |
centos | centos | kernel-pae-devel | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-pae-devel |
centos | centos | kernel-devel | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel |
centos | centos | kernel-doc | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-doc |
centos | centos | kernel-headers | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-headers |
centos | centos | kernel-xen | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-xen |
centos | centos | kernel-xen-devel | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-xen-devel |
centos | centos | 5 | cpe:/o:centos:centos:5 |