Red Hat Vulnerabilities Exposed

Red Hat Linux DHCP Client Vulnerability

Red Hat has been made aware of a couple of flaws in the way the Linux kernel handles exceptions triggered after the POP SS and MOV to SS instructions, these are identified as CVE-2018-8897 & CVE-2018-1087.

These issues could lead to a denial of service (DoS) for unpatched systems.The second is a DHCP vulnerability, identified as CVE-2018-1111, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on targeted systems. CVE-2018-1111 is rated as a Critical vulnerability and we would recommend our clients to deploy this update as quickly as possible.

The following Red Hat product versions are impacted:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
  • Red Hat Virtualization Hypervisor 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 3

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All of the above are available to be patched using Syxsense. It’s critical to take action immediately to protect against these critical vulnerabilities.

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