Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for kernel-rt
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 4 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2019-11135 CVE-2019-11487 CVE-2019-17666 CVE-2019-19338 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-399 CWE-119 |
| Exploitation vector | Local network |
| Public exploit |
Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #4 is available. |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV Operating systems & Components / Operating system kernel-rt (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.
1) Resource management error
EUVDB-ID: #VU22704
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11135
CWE-ID:
CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) in Intel CPUs. The TAA condition, on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution, may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel. MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV: 7
kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 3.10.0-1062.18.1.rt56.1044.el7
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0839
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.
2) Resource management error
EUVDB-ID: #VU21057
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11487
CWE-ID:
CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reference count overflow in page->_refcount that leads to a use-after-free error on systems with more than 140 GiB of RAM. A local user can send specially crafted FUSE requests that may lead to denial of service conditions.
The vulnerability is related to code in fs/fuse/dev.c, fs/pipe.c, fs/splice.c, include/linux/mm.h, include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h, kernel/trace/trace.c, mm/gup.c, and mm/hugetlb.c files.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV: 7
kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 3.10.0-1062.18.1.rt56.1044.el7
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0839
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
3) Buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU22595
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17666
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the P2P (Wifi-Direct) functionality in rtl_p2p_noa_ie() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in Linux kernel when processing Notice and Absence frames. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data via the wireless network, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV: 7
kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 3.10.0-1062.18.1.rt56.1044.el7
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0839
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
4) Resource management error
EUVDB-ID: #VU26406
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19338
CWE-ID:
CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) issue on certain Intel CPUs (CVE-2019-11135). A local user on a guest operating system can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV: 7
kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 3.10.0-1062.18.1.rt56.1044.el7
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0839
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.
