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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7685-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 243968

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7685-1 advisory.

 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:

 - Device tree and open firmware driver;

 - SCSI subsystem;

 - TTY drivers;

 - Ext4 file system;

 - SMB network file system;

 - Bluetooth subsystem;

 - Network traffic control;

 - Sun RPC protocol;

 - USB sound devices; (CVE-2024-53239, CVE-2023-52975, CVE-2024-38541, CVE-2023-52885, CVE-2024-49883, CVE-2025-37797, CVE-2023-52757, CVE-2024-56748, CVE-2024-49950, CVE-2024-50073)

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-7685-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 243968

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7685-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2025

Updated: 8/6/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53239

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-240-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-240-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1166-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1176-gcp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1191-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1183-aws

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52757, CVE-2023-52885, CVE-2023-52975, CVE-2024-38541, CVE-2024-49883, CVE-2024-49950, CVE-2024-50073, CVE-2024-53239, CVE-2024-56748, CVE-2025-37797

USN: 7685-1