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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5565-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164034

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5565-1 advisory.

 - It was discovered that when exec'ing from a non-leader thread, armed POSIX CPU timers would be left on a list but freed, leading to a use-after-free. (CVE-2022-2585)

 - It was discovered that a nft object or expression could reference a nft set on a different nft table, leading to a use-after-free once that table was deleted. (CVE-2022-2586)

 - It was discovered that the cls_route filter implementation in the Linux kernel would not remove an old filter from the hashtable before freeing it if its handle had the value 0. (CVE-2022-2588)

 - Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions. (CVE-2022-29900)

 - Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can hijack return instructions to achieve arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions. (CVE-2022-29901)

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-5565-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164034

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5565-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/10/2022

Updated: 1/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29900

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2588

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-46-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-46-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-46-lowlatency-64k

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: 8/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2585, CVE-2022-2586, CVE-2022-2588, CVE-2022-29900, CVE-2022-29901

USN: 5565-1