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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882849
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2018:0395 centos7
Summary:Check the version of kernel
Description:Summary:
Check the version of kernel

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

These updated kernel packages include several security issues and numerous
bug fixes, some of which you can see below. Space precludes documenting
all of these bug fixes in this advisory. To see the complete list of bug
fixes, users are directed to the referenced Knowledge Article.

Security Fix(es):

* Kernel: KVM: MMU potential stack buffer overrun during page walks
(CVE-2017-12188, Important)

* Kernel: KVM: debug exception via syscall emulation (CVE-2017-7518,
Moderate)

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.

Affected Software/OS:
kernel on CentOS 7

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
6.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7518
BugTraq ID: 99263
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99263
Debian Security Information: DSA-3981 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg151817.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/23/5
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:0395
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0395
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:0412
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0412
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038782
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12188
101267
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101267
RHSA-2018:0395
RHSA-2018:0412
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500380
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9996579/
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9996587/
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