important: kernel/cpio security update
important
An update for kernel/cpio is now available for NewStart CGSL MAIN 5.05/CGSL CORE 5.05.
NewStart Security has rated this update as having a security impact of important. A Common Vunlnerability Scoring System(CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVElink(s) in the References section.
kernel: The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. This variant of the kernel has numerous debugging options enabled. It should only be installed when trying to gather additional information on kernel bugs, as some of these options impact performance noticably.
cpio: GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive. Archives are files which contain a collection of other files plus information about them, such as their file name, owner, timestamps, and access permissions. The archive can be another file on the disk, a magnetic tape, or a pipe. GNU cpio supports the following archive formats: binary, old ASCII, new ASCII, crc, HPUX binary, HPUX old ASCII, old tar and POSIX.1 tar. By default, cpio creates binary format archives, so that they are compatible with older cpio programs. When it is extracting files from archives, cpio automatically recognizes which kind of archive it is reading and can read archives created on machines with a different byte-order. Install cpio if you need a program to manage file archives.
Security Fix(es):
kernel: An out of bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c in I2C subsystem. A read request for length (data->block[0]) greater than 'I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 1' may cause underlying I2C driver write out of array's boundary. This could allow a local attacker with special user privilege (or root) to crash the system or leak kernel internal information.(CVE-2017-18551)
kernel: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of the HCI UART driver. A local attacker with access permissions to the Bluetooth device can issue an ioctl, which triggers the hci_uart_set_proto() function in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c. The flaw in this function can cause memory corruption or a denial of service because of a use-after-free issue when the hci_uart_register_dev() fails.(CVE-2019-15917)
kernel: A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of the AF_ISDN protocol, which does not enforce the CAP_NET_RAW capability. This flaw can allow unprivileged users to create a raw socket for this protocol. This could further allow the user to control the availability of an existing ISDN circuit.(CVE-2019-17055)
kernel: A flaw was found in the AMD Cryptographic Co-processor driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker, able to send invalid SHA type commands, could cause the system to crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.(CVE-2019-18808)
kernel: A memory leak problem was found in __ipmi_bmc_register in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c in Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) which is used for incoming and outgoing message routing purpose. This flaw may allow an attacker with minimal privilege to cause a denial of service by triggering ida_simple_get() failure.(CVE-2019-19046)
kernel: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The Wireless configuration API functionality mishandles resource cleanup in nl80211_get_ftm_responder_stats function. An attacker able to trigger the resource cleanup code path could use this flaw to crash the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.(CVE-2019-19055)
kernel: An out-of-bounds memory write issue was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled the 'KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID' ioctl(2) request to get CPUID features emulated by the KVM hypervisor. A user or process able to access the '/dev/kvm' device could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service.(CVE-2019-19332)
kernel: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation for ADU devices from Ontrak Control Systems, where an attacker with administrative privileges and access to a local account could pre-groom the memory and physically disconnect or unload a module. The attacker must be able to access either of these two events to trigger the use-after-free, and then race the access to the use-after-free, to create a situation where key USB structs can be manipulated into corrupting memory.(CVE-2019-19523)
kernel: A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s input device driver functionality when unplugging a device. A user with physical access could use this flaw to crash the system.(CVE-2019-19524)
kernel: A use-after-free flaw was found in the acm_probe USB subsystem in the Linux kernel. A race condition occurs when a destroy() procedure is initiated allowing the refcount to decrement on the interface so early that it is never under counted. A malicious USB device is required for exploit. System availability is the largest threat from the vulnerability, however data integrity and confidentiality are also threatened.(CVE-2019-19530)
kernel: An information-leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's pcan USB driver. When a device using this driver connects to the system, the stack information is leaked to the CAN bus, a controller area network for automobiles. The highest threat with this vulnerability is breach of data confidentiality.(CVE-2019-19534)
kernel: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where there is a race condition bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the USB character device driver layer. An attacker who can hotplug at least two devices of this class can cause a use-after-free situation.(CVE-2019-19537)
kernel: A memory flaw was found in the ALSA subsystem of the Linux kernel. The struct snd_timer_instance function fails the timer->max_instances check leading to an invalid address. This could lead to a use-after-free vulnerability.(CVE-2019-19807)
kernel: An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A crafted keycode table could be used by drivers/input/input.c to perform the out-of-bounds write. A local user with root access can insert garbage to this keycode table that can lead to out-of-bounds memory access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.(CVE-2019-20636)
kernel: An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the i2c driver in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows an attacker to escalate privileges with system execution privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.(CVE-2019-9454)
kernel: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's video driver. A race condition, leading to a use-after-free, could lead to a local privilege escalation. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.(CVE-2019-9458)
kernel: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of Userspace core dumps. This flaw allows an attacker with a local account to crash a trivial program and exfiltrate private kernel data.(CVE-2020-10732)
kernel: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. An index buffer overflow during Direct IO write leading to the NFS client to crash. In some cases, a reach out of the index after one memory allocation by kmalloc will cause a kernel panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and system availability.(CVE-2020-10742)
kernel: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s SELinux LSM hook implementation, where it anticipated the skb would only contain a single Netlink message. The hook incorrectly validated the first Netlink message in the skb only, to allow or deny the rest of the messages within the skb with the granted permissions and without further processing. At this time, there is no known ability for an attacker to abuse this flaw.(CVE-2020-10751)
kernel: An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the Linux kernel. An empty nodelist in mempolicy.c is mishandled durig mount option parsing leading to a stack-based out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.(CVE-2020-11565)
kernel: A vulnerability was found in sg_write in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the SCSI generic (sg) driver subsystem. This flaw allows an attacker with local access and special user or root privileges to cause a denial of service if the allocated list is not cleaned with an invalid (Sg_fd * sfp) pointer at the time of failure, also possibly causing a kernel internal information leak problem.(CVE-2020-12770)
kernel: An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in how the Linux kernel’s Voice Over IP H.323 connection tracking functionality handled connections on ipv6 port 1720. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote user to crash the system, causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.(CVE-2020-14305)
kernel: A flaw was found in the NFSv4 implementation where when mounting a remote attacker controlled server it could return specially crafted response allow for local memory corruption and possibly privilege escalation.(CVE-2020-25212)
kernel: A flaw was found in the capabilities check of the rados block device functionality in the Linux kernel. Incorrect capability checks could alllow a local user with root priviledges (but no capabilities) to add or remove Rados Block Devices from the system.(CVE-2020-25284)
kernel: A flaw was found in the way KVM hypervisor handled instruction emulation for the L2 guest when nested(=1) virtualization is enabled. In the instruction emulation, the L2 guest could trick the L0 hypervisor into accessing sensitive bits of the L1 hypervisor. An L2 guest could use this flaw to potentially access information of the L1 hypervisor.(CVE-2020-2732)
kernel: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s virtual console resize functionality. An attacker with local access to virtual consoles can use the virtual console resizing code to gather kernel internal data structures.(CVE-2020-8647)
kernel: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of the invert video code on VGA consoles when a local attacker attempts to resize the console. An out-of-bounds read can occur, leaking information to the console.(CVE-2020-8649)
kernel: An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in the floppy driver module in the Linux kernel. A bounds check failure allows a local attacker to gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.(CVE-2020-9383)
kernel: bugfix
cpio: It was discovered cpio does not properly validate input files when generating TAR archives. When cpio is used to create TAR archives from paths an attacker can write to, the resulting archive may contain files with permissions the attacker did not have or in paths he did not have access to. Extracting those archives from a high-privilege user without carefully reviewing them may lead to the compromise of the system.(CVE-2019-14866)
cpio: bugfix
Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
http://security.gd-linux.com/how_to_apply_patch.html
Remember the build tag is 5.05.F11B5.