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Ubuntu 17.10 : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-3630-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 109312
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that the Broadcom UniMAC MDIO bus controller driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate device resources. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 109312
File Name: ubuntu_USN-3630-1.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/24/2018
Updated: 5/11/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.13-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.13-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.13-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.13-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-raspi2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-8043
USN: 3630-1