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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3822-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118973

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3822-1 advisory.

 - arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9 mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an L2 guest. (CVE-2016-9588)

 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel scsi driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID A-65023233. (CVE-2017-13168)

 - The usbnet_generic_cdc_bind function in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. (CVE-2017-16649)

 - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940. (CVE-2018-16658)

 - In the hidp_process_report in bluetooth, there is an integer overflow. This could lead to an out of bounds write with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
 Product: Android Versions: Android kernel Android ID: A-65853588 References: Upstream kernel.
 (CVE-2018-9363)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-3822-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118973

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3822-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2018

Updated: 1/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-9363

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-162-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-162-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-162-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-162-powerpc-e500, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-162-powerpc-e500mc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-162-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-162-powerpc64-emb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-162-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: 11/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9588, CVE-2017-13168, CVE-2017-16649, CVE-2018-16658, CVE-2018-9363

USN: 3822-1