Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7003-4)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207802

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7003-4 advisory.

It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2024-40902)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

- MIPS architecture;

- PowerPC architecture;

- x86 architecture;

- ACPI drivers;

- Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;

- Drivers core;

- GPIO subsystem;

- GPU drivers;

- Greybus drivers;

- HID subsystem;

- I2C subsystem;

- IIO subsystem;

- InfiniBand drivers;

- Media drivers;

- VMware VMCI Driver;

- Network drivers;

- Pin controllers subsystem;

- S/390 drivers;

- SCSI drivers;

- USB subsystem;

- JFFS2 file system;

- JFS file system;

- File systems infrastructure;

- NILFS2 file system;

- IOMMU subsystem;

- Sun RPC protocol;

- Netfilter;

- Memory management;

- B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;

- CAN network layer;

- Ceph Core library;

- Networking core;

- IPv4 networking;

- IPv6 networking;

- IUCV driver;

- MAC80211 subsystem;

- NET/ROM layer;

- Network traffic control;

- SoC Audio for Freescale CPUs drivers; (CVE-2024-41034, CVE-2024-40984, CVE-2024-40987, CVE-2024-42119, CVE-2024-42224, CVE-2024-42101, CVE-2024-42096, CVE-2024-41095, CVE-2024-42087, CVE-2024-42104, CVE-2024-42148, CVE-2024-39495, CVE-2024-40980, CVE-2024-42223, CVE-2024-40961, CVE-2024-40988, CVE-2024-42127, CVE-2024-42090, CVE-2024-42236, CVE-2024-40995, CVE-2024-41007, CVE-2024-40968, CVE-2024-40901, CVE-2024-42097, CVE-2024-41041, CVE-2024-36974, CVE-2024-42115, CVE-2024-40978, CVE-2024-38619, CVE-2024-41049, CVE-2024-41035, CVE-2024-41044, CVE-2024-42154, CVE-2024-39499, CVE-2024-42070, CVE-2024-40959, CVE-2024-39487, CVE-2024-42157, CVE-2024-40916, CVE-2024-42076, CVE-2024-41087, CVE-2024-42094, CVE-2024-42124, CVE-2024-40905, CVE-2024-42145, CVE-2024-40963, CVE-2024-36894, CVE-2024-40942, CVE-2024-42092, CVE-2024-42153, CVE-2024-41089, CVE-2024-40912, CVE-2023-52887, CVE-2024-40934, CVE-2024-41006, CVE-2024-39501, CVE-2024-42084, CVE-2024-39506, CVE-2024-39509, CVE-2024-40943, CVE-2024-42106, CVE-2024-42093, CVE-2024-40902, CVE-2024-42086, CVE-2024-40958, CVE-2024-39502, CVE-2024-42232, CVE-2024-42089, CVE-2024-37078, CVE-2024-39469, CVE-2024-41046, CVE-2024-42102, CVE-2024-40974, CVE-2024-39505, CVE-2024-40960, CVE-2024-42105, CVE-2024-40932, CVE-2024-40904, CVE-2024-40981, CVE-2024-39503, CVE-2024-41097, CVE-2024-40941, CVE-2024-36978, CVE-2023-52803, CVE-2024-40945)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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-7003-4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207802

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7003-4.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/26/2024

Updated: 9/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42154

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1116-raspi

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52803, CVE-2023-52887, CVE-2024-36894, CVE-2024-36974, CVE-2024-36978, CVE-2024-37078, CVE-2024-38619, CVE-2024-39469, CVE-2024-39487, CVE-2024-39495, CVE-2024-39499, CVE-2024-39501, CVE-2024-39502, CVE-2024-39503, CVE-2024-39505, CVE-2024-39506, CVE-2024-39509, CVE-2024-40901, CVE-2024-40902, CVE-2024-40904, CVE-2024-40905, CVE-2024-40912, CVE-2024-40916, CVE-2024-40932, CVE-2024-40934, CVE-2024-40941, CVE-2024-40942, CVE-2024-40943, CVE-2024-40945, CVE-2024-40958, CVE-2024-40959, CVE-2024-40960, CVE-2024-40961, CVE-2024-40963, CVE-2024-40968, CVE-2024-40974, CVE-2024-40978, CVE-2024-40980, CVE-2024-40981, CVE-2024-40984, CVE-2024-40987, CVE-2024-40988, CVE-2024-40995, CVE-2024-41006, CVE-2024-41007, CVE-2024-41034, CVE-2024-41035, CVE-2024-41041, CVE-2024-41044, CVE-2024-41046, CVE-2024-41049, CVE-2024-41087, CVE-2024-41089, CVE-2024-41095, CVE-2024-41097, CVE-2024-42070, CVE-2024-42076, CVE-2024-42084, CVE-2024-42086, CVE-2024-42087, CVE-2024-42089, CVE-2024-42090, CVE-2024-42092, CVE-2024-42093, CVE-2024-42094, CVE-2024-42096, CVE-2024-42097, CVE-2024-42101, CVE-2024-42102, CVE-2024-42104, CVE-2024-42105, CVE-2024-42106, CVE-2024-42115, CVE-2024-42119, CVE-2024-42124, CVE-2024-42127, CVE-2024-42145, CVE-2024-42148, CVE-2024-42153, CVE-2024-42154, CVE-2024-42157, CVE-2024-42223, CVE-2024-42224, CVE-2024-42232, CVE-2024-42236

USN: 7003-4