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Red Hat 7.2: RHSA-2020:1460-01 Important Kernel Encryption Fix

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A significant kernel patch for Red Hat 7.2 that tackles vulnerabilities related to encryption. Resolves major bugs within the operating system.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* hardware: bluetooth: BR/EDR encryption key negotiation attacks (KNOB) (CVE-2019-9506)
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):
* port show-kabi to python3 (BZ#1806924)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat encryption bug fix important kernel bluetooth

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9506 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2):
x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.86.1.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1460-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1460
Issue date: 2020-04-14

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2Advanced Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat encryption bug fix important kernel bluetooth

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1727857 - CVE-2019-9506 hardware: bluetooth: BR/EDR encryption key negotiation attacks (KNOB)

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