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 packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4627-1 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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4627-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142721

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4627-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2020

Updated: 11/24/2020

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl, linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8694

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

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: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-183-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-183-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-183-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1058-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1073-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1087-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1101-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-123-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-123-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-123-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-194-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-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.0.0-1071-oem-osp1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.3.0-1039-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.3.0-69-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.3.0-69-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1029-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1029-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-53-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-53-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-53-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gcp-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-saucy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-utopic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-vivid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-wily, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lts-quantal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lts-raring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lts-saucy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lts-trusty, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lts-utopic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lts-vivid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lts-wily, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lts-xenial, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-pae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gke-4.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gke-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gkeop-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-highbank, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency-lts-utopic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency-lts-vivid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency-lts-wily, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency-pae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-oem-osp1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-oracle-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual-lts-utopic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual-lts-vivid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual-lts-wily, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8694

USN: 4627-1