The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4094-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow     vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-13053)

    Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track inode     validations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when mounted, could cause     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13093)

    Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted, could cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13099, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614,     CVE-2018-14616, CVE-2018-13096, CVE-2018-13098, CVE-2018-14615)

    Wen Xu and Po-Ning Tseng discovered that btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image that, when     mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612,     CVE-2018-14613, CVE-2018-14609)

    Wen Xu discovered that the HFS+ filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     malformed catalog data in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious HFS+ image     that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14617)

    Vasily Averin and Pavel Tikhomirov discovered that the cleancache subsystem of the Linux kernel did not     properly initialize new files in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2018-16862)

    Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     size checks when handling an extra USB descriptor. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-20169)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free error existed in the block layer subsystem of the Linux kernel     when certain failure conditions occurred. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-20856)

    Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate elliptic curve parameters during Diffie-Hellman key exchange in some situations. An     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-5383)

    It was discovered that a heap buffer overflow existed in the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver for the     Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-10126)

    Andrei Vlad Lutas and Dan Lutas discovered that some x86 processors incorrectly handle SWAPGS instructions     during speculative execution. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2019-1125)

    It was discovered that the PowerPC dlpar implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for     allocation errors in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2019-12614)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilty existed in the Near-field communication     (NFC) implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2019-12818)

    It was discovered that the MDIO bus devices subsystem in the Linux kernel improperly dropped a device     reference in an error condition, leading to a use-after-free. An attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-12819)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the Near-field communication     (NFC) implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2019-12984)

    Jann Horn discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel when accessing LDT entries in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13233)

    Jann Horn discovered that the ptrace implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly record     credentials in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2019-13272)

    It was discovered that the Empia EM28xx DVB USB device driver implementation in the Linux kernel contained     a use-after-free vulnerability when disconnecting the device. An attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-2024)

    It was discovered that the USB video device class implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate control bits, resulting in an out of bounds buffer read. A local attacker could use this to     possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-2101)

    It was discovered that the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate the BSS descriptor. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3846)

    It was discovered that the Appletalk IP encapsulation driver in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent     kernel addresses from being copied to user space. A local attacker with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-20511)

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 / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4094-1)

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