Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.

  - CVE-2017-7518     Andy Lutomirski discovered that KVM is prone to an     incorrect debug exception (#DB) error occurring while     emulating a syscall instruction. A process inside a     guest can take advantage of this flaw for privilege     escalation inside a guest.

  - CVE-2017-7558 (stretch only)     Stefano Brivio of Red Hat discovered that the SCTP     subsystem is prone to a data leak vulnerability due to     an out-of-bounds read flaw, allowing to leak up to 100     uninitialized bytes to userspace.

  - CVE-2017-10661 (jessie only)     Dmitry Vyukov of Google reported that the timerfd     facility does not properly handle certain concurrent     operations on a single file descriptor. This allows a     local attacker to cause a denial of service or     potentially execute arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2017-11600     Bo Zhang reported that the xfrm subsystem does not     properly validate one of the parameters to a netlink     message. Local users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability     can use this to cause a denial of service or potentially     to execute arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2017-12134 / #866511 / XSA-229     Jan H. Schoenherr of Amazon discovered that when Linux     is running in a Xen PV domain on an x86 system, it may     incorrectly merge block I/O requests. A buggy or     malicious guest may trigger this bug in dom0 or a PV     driver domain, causing a denial of service or     potentially execution of arbitrary code.

  This issue can be mitigated by disabling merges on the underlying   back-end block devices, e.g.:echo 2 >   /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue/nomerges

  - CVE-2017-12146 (stretch only)     Adrian Salido of Google reported a race condition in     access to the'driver_override' attribute for platform     devices in sysfs. If unprivileged users are permitted to     access this attribute, this might allow them to gain     privileges.

  - CVE-2017-12153     Bo Zhang reported that the cfg80211 (wifi) subsystem     does not properly validate the parameters to a netlink     message. Local users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability     (in any user namespace with a wifi device) can use this     to cause a denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-12154     Jim Mattson of Google reported that the KVM     implementation for Intel x86 processors did not     correctly handle certain nested hypervisor     configurations. A malicious guest (or nested guest in a     suitable L1 hypervisor) could use this for denial of     service.

  - CVE-2017-14106     Andrey Konovalov discovered that a user-triggerable     division by zero in the tcp_disconnect() function could     result in local denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-14140     Otto Ebeling reported that the move_pages() system call     performed insufficient validation of the UIDs of the     calling and target processes, resulting in a partial     ASLR bypass. This made it easier for local users to     exploit vulnerabilities in programs installed with the     set-UID permission bit set.

  - CVE-2017-14156     'sohu0106' reported an information leak in the atyfb     video driver. A local user with access to a framebuffer     device handled by this driver could use this to obtain     sensitive information.

  - CVE-2017-14340     Richard Wareing discovered that the XFS implementation     allows the creation of files with the 'realtime' flag on     a filesystem with no realtime device, which can result     in a crash (oops). A local user with access to an XFS     filesystem that does not have a realtime device can use     this for denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-14489     ChunYu Wang of Red Hat discovered that the iSCSI     subsystem does not properly validate the length of a     netlink message, leading to memory corruption. A local     user with permission to manage iSCSI devices can use     this for denial of service or possibly to execute     arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2017-14497 (stretch only)     Benjamin Poirier of SUSE reported that vnet headers are     not properly handled within the tpacket_rcv() function     in the raw packet (af_packet) feature. A local user with     the CAP_NET_RAW capability can take advantage of this     flaw to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow, and     disk and memory corruption) or have other impact.

  - CVE-2017-1000111     Andrey Konovalov of Google reported a race condition in     the raw packet (af_packet) feature. Local users with the     CAP_NET_RAW capability can use this for denial of     service or possibly to execute arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2017-1000112     Andrey Konovalov of Google reported a race condition     flaw in the UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) code. A     local user can use this flaw for denial of service or     possibly to execute arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2017-1000251 / #875881     Armis Labs discovered that the Bluetooth subsystem does     not properly validate L2CAP configuration responses,     leading to a stack-based buffer overflow. This is one of     several vulnerabilities dubbed 'Blueborne'. A nearby     attacker can use this to cause a denial of service or     possibly to execute arbitrary code on a system with     Bluetooth enabled.

  - CVE-2017-1000252 (stretch only)     Jan H. Schoenherr of Amazon reported that the KVM     implementation for Intel x86 processors did not     correctly validate interrupt injection requests. A local     user with permission to use KVM could use this for     denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-1000370     The Qualys Research Labs reported that a large argument     or environment list can result in ASLR bypass for 32-bit     PIE binaries.

  - CVE-2017-1000371     The Qualys Research Labs reported that a large argument     or environment list can result in a stack/heap clash for     32-bit PIE binaries.

  - CVE-2017-1000380     Alexander Potapenko of Google reported a race condition     in the ALSA (sound) timer driver, leading to an     information leak. A local user with permission to access     sound devices could use this to obtain sensitive     information.

Debian disables unprivileged user namespaces by default, but if they are enabled (via the kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone sysctl) then CVE-2017-11600, CVE-2017-14497 and CVE-2017-1000111 can be exploited by any local user.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.

CVE-2017-7482

Shi Lei discovered that RxRPC Kerberos 5 ticket handling code does not properly verify metadata, leading to information disclosure, denial of service or potentially execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2017-7542

An integer overflow vulnerability in the ip6_find_1stfragopt() function was found allowing a local attacker with privileges to open raw sockets to cause a denial of service.

CVE-2017-7889

Tommi Rantala and Brad Spengler reported that the mm subsystem does not properly enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM protection mechanism, allowing a local attacker with access to /dev/mem to obtain sensitive information or potentially execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2017-10661

Dmitry Vyukov of Google reported that the timerfd facility does not properly handle certain concurrent operations on a single file descriptor. This allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially to execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2017-10911 / XSA-216

Anthony Perard of Citrix discovered an information leak flaw in Xen blkif response handling, allowing a malicious unprivileged guest to obtain sensitive information from the host or other guests.

CVE-2017-11176

It was discovered that the mq_notify() function does not set the sock pointer to NULL upon entry into the retry logic. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw during a userspace close of a Netlink socket to cause a denial of service or potentially cause other impact.

CVE-2017-11600

bo Zhang reported that the xfrm subsystem does not properly validate one of the parameters to a netlink message. Local users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability can use this to cause a denial of service or potentially to execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2017-12134 / #866511 / XSA-229

Jan H. Sch&ouml;nherr of Amazon discovered that when Linux is running in a Xen PV domain on an x86 system, it may incorrectly merge block I/O requests. A buggy or malicious guest may trigger this bug in dom0 or a PV driver domain, causing a denial of service or potentially execution of arbitrary code.

This issue can be mitigated by disabling merges on the underlying back-end block devices, e.g.: echo 2 > /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue/nomerges

CVE-2017-12153

bo Zhang reported that the cfg80211 (wifi) subsystem does not properly validate the parameters to a netlink message. Local users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability on a system with a wifi device can use this to cause a denial of service.

CVE-2017-12154

Jim Mattson of Google reported that the KVM implementation for Intel x86 processors did not correctly handle certain nested hypervisor configurations. A malicious guest (or nested guest in a suitable L1 hypervisor) could use this for denial of service.

CVE-2017-14106

Andrey Konovalov of Google reported that a specific sequence of operations on a TCP socket could lead to division by zero. A local user could use this for denial of service.

CVE-2017-14140

Otto Ebeling reported that the move_pages() system call permitted users to discover the memory layout of a set-UID process running under their real user-ID. This made it easier for local users to exploit vulnerabilities in programs installed with the set-UID permission bit set.

CVE-2017-14156

'sohu0106' reported an information leak in the atyfb video driver. A local user with access to a framebuffer device handled by this driver could use this to obtain sensitive information.

CVE-2017-14340

Richard Wareing discovered that the XFS implementation allows the creation of files with the 'realtime' flag on a filesystem with no realtime device, which can result in a crash (oops). A local user with access to an XFS filesystem that does not have a realtime device can use this for denial of service.

CVE-2017-14489

ChunYu of Red Hat discovered that the iSCSI subsystem does not properly validate the length of a netlink message, leading to memory corruption. A local user with permission to manage iSCSI devices can use this for denial of service or possibly to execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2017-1000111

Andrey Konovalov of Google reported that a race condition in the raw packet (af_packet) feature. Local users with the CAP_NET_RAW capability can use this to cause a denial of service or possibly to execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2017-1000251 / #875881

Armis Labs discovered that the Bluetooth subsystem does not properly validate L2CAP configuration responses, leading to a stack buffer overflow. This is one of several vulnerabilities dubbed 'Blueborne'. A nearby attacker can use this to cause a denial of service or possibly to execute arbitrary code on a system with Bluetooth enabled.

CVE-2017-1000363

Roee Hay reported that the lp driver does not properly bounds-check passed arguments. This has no security impact in Debian.

CVE-2017-1000365

It was discovered that argument and environment pointers are not properly taken into account by the size restrictions on arguments and environmental strings passed through execve(). A local attacker can take advantage of this flaw in conjunction with other flaws to execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2017-1000380

Alexander Potapenko of Google reported a race condition in the ALSA (sound) timer driver, leading to an information leak. A local user with permission to access sound devices could use this to obtain sensitive information.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.93-1. This version also includes bug fixes from upstream versions up to and including 3.2.93.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.43-2+deb8u4 or were fixed in an earlier version.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.30-2+deb9u4 or were fixed in an earlier version.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4531 advisory.

    - x86/bugs: Fix the AMD SSBD usage of the SPEC_CTRL MSR (Tom Lendacky)  [Orabug: 28870524]     {CVE-2018-3639}
    - x86/bugs: Add AMD's SPEC_CTRL MSR usage (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)  [Orabug: 28870524]  {CVE-2018-3639}
    - x86/cpufeatures: rename X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSBD to X86_FEATURE_LS_CFG_SSBD (Mihai Carabas)  [Orabug:
    28870524]  {CVE-2018-3639}
    - Make file credentials available to the seqfile interfaces (Linus Torvalds)  [Orabug: 29114879]     {CVE-2018-17972}
    - proc: restrict kernel stack dumps to root (Jann Horn)  [Orabug: 29114879]  {CVE-2018-17972}
    - nl80211: check for the required netlink attributes presence (Vladis Dronov)  [Orabug: 29245533]     {CVE-2017-12153} {CVE-2017-12153}

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3583-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the Flash-Friendly File System     (f2fs) in the Linux kernel. An attacker could construct a malicious file system that, when mounted, could     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-0750)

    It was discovered that a race condition leading to a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ALSA PCM     subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-0861)

    It was discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel allowed passthrough of the diagnostic     I/O port 0x80. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the     host OS. (CVE-2017-1000407)

    Bo Zhang discovered that the netlink wireless configuration interface in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate attributes when handling certain requests. A local attacker with the CAP_NET_ADMIN could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-12153)

    Vitaly Mayatskikh discovered that the SCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly track reference     counts when merging buffers. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2017-12190)

    It was discovered that the key management subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict key     reads on negatively instantiated keys. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2017-12192)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the sysfs interface for the QLogic 24xx+ series SCSI     driver in the Linux kernel. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2017-14051)

    Otto Ebeling discovered that the memory manager in the Linux kernel did not properly check the effective     UID in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-14140)

    It was discovered that the ATI Radeon framebuffer driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a     data structure returned to user space. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-14156)

    ChunYu Wang discovered that the iSCSI transport implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate data structures. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-14489)

    James Patrick-Evans discovered a race condition in the LEGO USB Infrared Tower driver in the Linux kernel.
    A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-15102)

    ChunYu Wang discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the SCTP protocol implementation in     the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code, (CVE-2017-15115)

    It was discovered that the key management subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle NULL     payloads with non-zero length values. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2017-15274)

    It was discovered that the Bluebooth Network Encapsulation Protocol (BNEP) implementation in the Linux     kernel did not validate the type of socket passed in the BNEPCONNADD ioctl(). A local attacker with the     CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-15868)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the USB serial console driver in the Linux     kernel. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16525)

    It was discovered that the netfilter passive OS fingerprinting (xt_osf) module did not properly perform     access control checks. A local attacker could improperly modify the system-wide OS fingerprint list.
    (CVE-2017-17450)

    It was discovered that the HMAC implementation did not validate the state of the underlying cryptographic     hash algorithm. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-17806)

    Denys Fedoryshchenko discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter xt_TCPMSS filter of the     Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-18017)

    Gareth Evans discovered that the shm IPC subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict mapping     page zero. A local privileged attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5669)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existing in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (infinite loop). (CVE-2017-7542)

    Tommi Rantala and Brad Spengler discovered that the memory manager in the Linux kernel did not properly     enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM protection mechanism. A local attacker with access to /dev/mem could use     this to expose sensitive information or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7889)

    Mohamed Ghannam discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-8824)

    Mohamed Ghannam discovered a null pointer dereference in the RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) protocol     implementation of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2018-5333)

     discovered that a race condition existed in loop block device implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5344)

    USN-3524-1 mitigated CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown) for the amd64 architecture in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update     provides the corresponding mitigations for the ppc64el architecture.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
103365	Debian DSA-3981-1 : linux - security update (BlueBorne) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	9/21/2017	1/4/2021	high
137516	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-1674)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	6/17/2020	4/25/2023	critical
103363	Debian DLA-1099-1 : linux security update (BlueBorne) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	9/21/2017	1/11/2021	high
121630	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4531)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	2/7/2019	10/23/2024	medium
107003	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3583-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	2/26/2018	10/29/2024	critical

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