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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5385-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 160065

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5385-1 advisory.

 - In the Linux kernel through 5.15.2, hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait in drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.c allows an attacker (who can introduce a crafted device) to trigger an out-of-bounds write via a crafted length value. (CVE-2021-43975)

 - A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UDF file system functionality was found in the way user triggers udf_file_write_iter function for the malicious UDF image. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system. Actual from Linux kernel 4.2-rc1 till 5.17-rc2. (CVE-2022-0617)

 - An issue was discovered in fs/nfs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. If an application sets the O_DIRECTORY flag, and tries to open a regular file, nfs_atomic_open() performs a regular lookup. If a regular file is found, ENOTDIR should occur, but the server instead returns uninitialized data in the file descriptor. (CVE-2022-24448)

 - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. There is a memory leak in yam_siocdevprivate in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c. (CVE-2022-24959)

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-5385-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 160065

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5385-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2022

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43975

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1041-dell300x, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1092-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1113-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1121-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1126-snapdragon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1127-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1127-aws-hwe, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1137-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-176-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-176-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-176-lowlatency

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43975, CVE-2022-0617, CVE-2022-24448, CVE-2022-24959

USN: 5385-1