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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) regression (USN-3522-4)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105746

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3522-4 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3522-4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105746

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3522-4.nasl

Version: 3.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/11/2018

Updated: 1/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-powerpc-e500mc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-powerpc64-emb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-powerpc64-smp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5754

IAVA: 2018-A-0019

USN: 3522-4