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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-4627-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142721

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4627-1 advisory.

 Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Andreas Kogler, David Oswald, Catherine Easdon, Claudio Canella, and Daniel Gruss discovered that the Intel Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to power data. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security 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-4627-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142721

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4627-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8694

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-194-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-123-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1101-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-53-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-123-generic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1073-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-53-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1058-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-194-powerpc64-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.0.0-1071-oem-osp1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-194-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.3.0-69-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.3.0-1039-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-194-powerpc64-emb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1029-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.3.0-69-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-194-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-194-powerpc-e500mc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-194-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-53-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1087-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1029-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-123-lowlatency

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8694

USN: 4627-1