Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2240-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 74360
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain administrative privileges.(CVE-2014-3153)
An information leak was discovered in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. An attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2014-2568)
Sasha Levin reported a bug in the Linux kernel's virtual memory management subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3122).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected linux-image-3.13-generic, linux-image-3.13-generic-lpae and / or linux-image-3.13-lowlatency packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 74360
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2240-1.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 6/6/2014
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl, linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:H/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13-lowlatency, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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: 6/5/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2014
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Android "Towelroot" Futex Requeue Kernel Exploit)
Reference Information
BID: 66348
USN: 2240-1