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CentOS Update for bpftool CESA-2019:3979 centos7

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

CentOS Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'bpftool' package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:3979 advisory.

Insight

Insight

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * Kernel: KVM: OOB memory access via mmio ring buffer (CVE-2019-14821) * kernel: local attacker can trigger multiple use-after-free conditions results in privilege escalation (CVE-2019-15239) 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. Bug Fix(es): * On RHEL 7.7 kernel SCSI VPD information for NVMe drives is missing (breaks InfoScale) (BZ#1752423) * RHEL7 fnic spamming logs: Current vnic speed set to : 40000 (BZ#1754836) * kernel build: parallelize redhat/mod-sign.sh (BZ#1755330) * kernel build: speed up module compression step (BZ#1755339) * Nested VirtualBox VMs on Windows guest has the potential of impacting memory region allocated to other KVM guests (BZ#1755781) * NULL pointer dereference at check_preempt_wakeup+0x109 (BZ#1756265) * Regression: panic in pick_next_task_rt (BZ#1756267) * ixgbe reports 'Detected Tx Unit Hang' with adapter reset on RHEL 7 (BZ#1757350) * [Intel 7.8 Bug] [KVM][CLX] CPUID_7_0_EDX_ARCH_CAPABILITIES is not enabled in VM. (BZ#1757757) * nvme: dead loop in blk_mq_tagset_wait_completed_request() when it is called from timeout handler (BZ#1758051) * [mlx5] VF Representer naming is not consistent/persistent through reboots with OSPD deployment (BZ#1759003) * OS getting restarted because of driver issue with QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA [1077:2532] (rev 02). (BZ#1759447) * mlx5: Load balancing not working over VF LAG configuration (BZ#1759449) * RHEL7.8 - ISST-LTE: vimlp1: Running LTP af_alg04.c (crypto) crash the LPAR (BZ#1763620) * RHEL7.5 - Fix security issues on crypto vmx (BZ#1763621) * RHEL 7.7 RC1 - Host crashes about 4.5 hours into switch port bounce test (BZ#1763624) * RHEL7.6 - cacheinfo code unsafe vs LPM (BZ#1763625) * xfs hangs on acquiring xfs_buf semaphore (BZ#1764245) * single CPU VM hangs during open_posix_testsuite (BZ#1766087) * rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU while booting with nohz_full (BZ#1766098)

Affected Software

Affected Software

'bpftool' package(s) on CentOS 7.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Please install the updated package(s).

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)