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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-5493-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 162552

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5493-1 advisory.

 - usb_8dev_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c in the Linux kernel through 5.17.1 has a double free. (CVE-2022-28388)

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-5493-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 162552

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5493-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/27/2022

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: 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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-28388

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-188-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-188-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-188-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-121-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-121-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-121-lowlatency

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-28388

USN: 5493-1