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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6029-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 174459

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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-6029-1 advisory.

 - An incorrect read request flaw was found in the Infrared Transceiver USB driver in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs when a user attaches a malicious USB device. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources, causing denial of service or potentially crashing the system. (CVE-2022-3903)

 - A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel's human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-1073)

 - A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol. This issue may occur when a user starts a malicious networking service and someone connects to this service. This could allow a local user to starve resources, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2023-1074)

 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) allows Privilege Escalation. The imperfect hash area can be updated while packets are traversing, which will cause a use- after-free when 'tcf_exts_exec()' is called with the destroyed tcf_ext. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root. This issue affects Linux Kernel: from 4.14 before git commit ee059170b1f7e94e55fa6cadee544e176a6e59c2. (CVE-2023-1281)

 - In the Linux kernel before 6.1.13, there is a double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure (for registering the sysctl table under a new location) during the renaming of a device. (CVE-2023-26545)

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-6029-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 174459

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6029-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2023

Updated: 1/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1281

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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: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-4.15.0-1063-dell300x, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1117-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1130-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1138-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1148-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1154-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1163-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-209-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-209-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-209-lowlatency

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3903, CVE-2023-1073, CVE-2023-1074, CVE-2023-1281, CVE-2023-26545

USN: 6029-1