ELSA-2019-2703: Security update for 20 packages

ELSA-2019-2703, released September 12, 2019, fixes 7 CVEs across 20 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

8.8

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0588

93rd percentile

Priority of the 7 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 0
                                High 6
                                Routine 1

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
bpftool	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-abi-whitelists	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-core	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-cross-headers	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-debug	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-debug-core	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-debug-devel	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-debug-modules	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-debug-modules-extra	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-devel	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-doc	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-headers	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-modules	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-modules-extra	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-tools	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-tools-libs	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
kernel-tools-libs-devel	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
perf	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0
python3-perf	ol 8	0:4.18.0-80.11.1.el8_0

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2019-3846	kernel-modules: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: H...	8.8	0.0588	None reported
High	CVE-2019-9500	kernel-rt-debug-devel: The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high...	8.3	0.0385	None reported
High	CVE-2019-9503	kernel-cross-headers: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: H...	8.3	0.0329	None reported
High	CVE-2019-11487	bpftool: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: H...	7.8	0.0071	None reported
High	CVE-2018-19824	kernel-core: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: H...	7.8	0.0056	None reported
High	CVE-2019-12817	kernel-zfcpdump-modules: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: H...	7.0	0.0039	None reported
Routine	CVE-2019-3887	bpftool: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: H...	6.7	0.0036	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2019-3846

RHSA-2019:2703
bpftool, kernel, kernel-abi-whitelists and 22 more on RHEL 8
RHSA-2019:2741
kernel-rt, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-debug and 9 more on RHEL 8

Vendor advisory

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-2703.html

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