The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3871-4 advisory.

    USN-3871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the     corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu     16.04 LTS.

    Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10876,     CVE-2018-10879)

    Wen Xu discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux     kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10877)

    Wen Xu discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation     in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted,     could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10878,     CVE-2018-10882)

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly ensure that     xattr information remained in inode bodies. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image     that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-10880)

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an     out of bounds write when updating the journal for an inline file. An attacker could use this to construct     a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2018-10883)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the vsock address family implementation of the Linux     kernel that could lead to a use-after-free condition. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could     use this to expose sensitive information (host machine kernel memory). (CVE-2018-14625)

    Cfir Cohen discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the KVM implementation of the Linux     kernel, when handling interrupts in environments where nested virtualization is in use (nested KVM     virtualization is not enabled by default in Ubuntu kernels). A local attacker in a guest VM could possibly     use this to gain administrative privileges in a host machine. (CVE-2018-16882)

    Jann Horn discovered that the procfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     restrict the ability to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task. A local attacker could use this to     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-17972)

    Jann Horn discovered that the mremap() system call in the Linux kernel did not properly flush the TLB when     completing, potentially leaving access to a physical page after it has been released to the page     allocator. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash), expose sensitive     information, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-18281)

    Wei Wu discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly ensure that ioapics     were initialized. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2018-19407)

    It was discovered that the debug interface for the Linux kernel's HID subsystem did not properly perform     bounds checking in some situations. An attacker with access to debugfs could use this to cause a denial of     service or possibly gain additional privileges. (CVE-2018-9516)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3871-4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121594

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Version 1.13 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.12 Jan 10, 2024, 8:45 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401100845
Version 1.11 Oct 21, 2023, 5:06 AM CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2018-16882") Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310210506