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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6464-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 184096

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6464-1 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. In hci_uart_tty_ioctl, there is a race condition between HCIUARTSETPROTO and HCIUARTGETPROTO. HCI_UART_PROTO_SET is set before hu->proto is set. A NULL pointer dereference may occur. (CVE-2023-31083)

 - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem). This issue may allow a malicious user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to directly dereference a NULL pointer in xfrm_update_ae_params(), leading to a possible kernel crash and denial of service. (CVE-2023-3772)

 - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.9. ksmbd does not validate the SMB request protocol ID, leading to an out-of-bounds read. (CVE-2023-38430)

 - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.10. fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c in ksmbd does not validate the relationship between the command payload size and the RFC1002 length specification, leading to an out-of-bounds read. (CVE-2023-38432)

 - A use-after-free flaw was found in nfc_llcp_find_local in net/nfc/llcp_core.c in NFC in the Linux kernel.
 This flaw allows a local user with special privileges to impact a kernel information leak issue.
 (CVE-2023-3863)

 - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the siano smsusb module in the Linux kernel. The bug occurs during device initialization when the siano device is plugged in. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system, causing a denial of service condition. (CVE-2023-4132)

 - An issue was discovered in net/ceph/messenger_v2.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.5. There is an integer signedness error, leading to a buffer overflow and remote code execution via HELLO or one of the AUTH frames. This occurs because of an untrusted length taken from a TCP packet in ceph_decode_32.
 (CVE-2023-44466)

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-6464-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 184096

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6464-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2023

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: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38432

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.2.0-1008-starfive, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.2.0-1015-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.2.0-1016-azure-fde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.2.0-36-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.2.0-1015-oracle, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.2.0-36-generic-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.2.0-1018-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.2.0-36-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-6.2.0-1016-raspi

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: 10/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31083, CVE-2023-3772, CVE-2023-38430, CVE-2023-38432, CVE-2023-3863, CVE-2023-3865, CVE-2023-3866, CVE-2023-3867, CVE-2023-4132, CVE-2023-4134, CVE-2023-44466

USN: 6464-1