The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.186-110.268. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2020-1401 advisory.

    An issue where a provided address with access_ok() is not checked was discovered in     i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Linux kernel through     4.19.13. A local attacker can craft a malicious IOCTL function call to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory,     resulting in a Denial of Service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2018-20669)

    A flaw was found in the prctl() function, where it can be used to enable indirect branch speculation after     it has been disabled. This call incorrectly reports it as being 'force disabled' when it is not and opens     the system to Spectre v2 attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
    (CVE-2020-10768)

    A new domain bypass transient execution attack known as Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) has     been found. This flaw allows data values from special internal registers to be leaked by an attacker able     to execute code on any core of the CPU. An unprivileged, local attacker can use this flaw to infer values     returned by affected instructions known to be commonly used during cryptographic operations that rely on     uniqueness, secrecy, or both. Incomplete cleanup from specific special register read operations in some     Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local     access. (CVE-2020-0543)

    relay_open in kernel/relay.c in the Linux kernel through 5.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of     service (such as relay blockage) by triggering a NULL alloc_percpu result. (CVE-2019-19462)

    A logic bug flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of SSBD. A bug in the logic handling     allows an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection during a context switch when additional     speculative execution mitigations are in place. This issue was introduced when the per task/process     conditional STIPB switching was added on top of the existing SSBD switching. The highest threat from this     vulnerability is to confidentiality. (CVE-2019-19462)

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of the Enhanced IBPB (Indirect Branch Prediction     Barrier). The IBPB mitigation will be disabled when STIBP is not available or when the Enhanced Indirect     Branch Restricted Speculation (IBRS) is available. This flaw allows a local attacker to perform a Spectre     V2 style attack when this configuration is active. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to     confidentiality. (CVE-2019-19462)

    An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. btree_gc_coalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c     has a deadlock if a coalescing operation fails. (CVE-2020-12771)

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Userspace core dumps. This flaw allows an     attacker with a local account to crash a trivial program and exfiltrate private kernel data.
    (CVE-2020-10732)

    A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel in versions after 4.5-rc1 in the way mremap handled DAX Huge Pages.
    This flaw allows a local attacker with access to a DAX enabled storage to escalate their privileges on the     system. (CVE-2020-10757)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2019-19462: relay_open in kernel/relay.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (such as relay blockage) by triggering a NULL alloc_percpu result (bnc#1158265).

CVE-2019-20810: Fixed a memory leak in go7007_snd_init in drivers/media/usb/go7007/snd-go7007.c because it did not call snd_card_free for a failure path (bnc#1172458).

CVE-2019-20812: An issue was discovered in the prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() function in net/packet/af_packet.c could result in a denial of service (CPU consumption and soft lockup) in a certain failure case involving TPACKET_V3 (bnc#1172453).

CVE-2020-0305: In cdev_get of char_dev.c, there is a possible use-after-free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation (bnc#1174462).

CVE-2020-10135: Legacy pairing and secure-connections pairing authentication in Bluetooth&Acirc;&reg; BR/EDR Core Specification v5.2 and earlier may have allowed an unauthenticated user to complete authentication without pairing credentials via adjacent access. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker could impersonate a Bluetooth BR/EDR master or slave to pair with a previously paired remote device to successfully complete the authentication procedure without knowing the link key (bnc#1171988).

CVE-2020-10711: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SELinux subsystem in versions This flaw occurs while importing the Commercial IP Security Option (CIPSO) protocol's category bitmap into the SELinux extensible bitmap via the' ebitmap_netlbl_import' routine.
This flaw allowed a remote network user to crash the system kernel, resulting in a denial of service (bnc#1171191).

CVE-2020-10732: A flaw was found in the implementation of Userspace core dumps. This flaw allowed an attacker with a local account to crash a trivial program and exfiltrate private kernel data (bnc#1171220).

CVE-2020-10751: A flaw was found in the SELinux LSM hook implementation, where it incorrectly assumed that an skb would only contain a single netlink message. The hook would incorrectly only validate the first netlink message in the skb and allow or deny the rest of the messages within the skb with the granted permission without further processing (bnc#1171189).

CVE-2020-10766: Fixed an issue which allowed an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection (bnc#1172781).

CVE-2020-10767: Fixed an issue where Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier was disabled in certain circumstances, leaving the system open to a spectre v2 style attack (bnc#1172782).

CVE-2020-10768: Fixed an issue with the prctl() function, where indirect branch speculation could be enabled even though it was diabled before (bnc#1172783).

CVE-2020-10773: Fixed a memory leak on s390/s390x, in the cmm_timeout_hander in file arch/s390/mm/cmm.c (bnc#1172999).

CVE-2020-10781: A zram sysfs resource consumption was fixed (bnc#1173074).

CVE-2020-12656: Fixed a memory leak in gss_mech_free in the rpcsec_gss_krb5 implementation, caused by a lack of certain domain_release calls (bnc#1171219).

CVE-2020-12769: An issue was discovered in drivers/spi/spi-dw.c allowed attackers to cause a panic via concurrent calls to dw_spi_irq and dw_spi_transfer_one (bnc#1171983).

CVE-2020-12771: An issue was discovered in btree_gc_coalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c has a deadlock if a coalescing operation fails (bnc#1171732).

CVE-2020-12888: The VFIO PCI driver mishandled attempts to access disabled memory space (bnc#1171868).

CVE-2020-13143: gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c relies on kstrdup without considering the possibility of an internal '\0' value, which allowed attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read (bnc#1171982).

CVE-2020-13974: Fixed a integer overflow in drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c, if k_ascii is called several times in a row (bnc#1172775).

CVE-2020-14416: Fixed a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free.
This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c (bnc#1162002).

CVE-2020-15393: Fixed a memory leak in usbtest_disconnect (bnc#1173514).

CVE-2020-15780: An issue was discovered in drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c where injection of malicious ACPI tables via configfs could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions, aka CID-75b0cea7bf30 (bnc#1173573).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-10135: Legacy pairing and secure-connections pairing authentication in Bluetooth may have allowed an unauthenticated user to complete authentication without pairing credentials via adjacent access. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker could impersonate a Bluetooth BR/EDR master or slave to pair with a previously paired remote device to successfully complete the authentication procedure without knowing the link key (bnc#1171988).

CVE-2020-10711: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SELinux subsystem. This flaw occurs while importing the Commercial IP Security Option (CIPSO) protocol's category bitmap into the SELinux extensible bitmap via the' ebitmap_netlbl_import' routine. This flaw allowed a remote network user to crash the system kernel, resulting in a denial of service (bnc#1171191).

CVE-2020-10751: A flaw was found in the SELinux LSM hook implementation, where it incorrectly assumed that an skb would only contain a single netlink message. The hook would incorrectly only validate the first netlink message in the skb and allow or deny the rest of the messages within the skb with the granted permission without further processing (bnc#1171189).

CVE-2019-20812: An issue was discovered in the prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() function in net/packet/af_packet.c can result in a denial of service (CPU consumption and soft lockup) in a certain failure case involving TPACKET_V3, aka CID-b43d1f9f7067 (bnc#1172453).

CVE-2020-10732: A flaw was found in the implementation of userspace core dumps. This flaw allowed an attacker with a local account to crash a trivial program and exfiltrate private kernel data (bnc#1171220).

CVE-2020-0305: In cdev_get of char_dev.c, there is a possible use-after-free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation (bnc#1174462).

CVE-2020-12771: btree_gc_coalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c had a deadlock if a coalescing operation fails (bnc#1171732).

CVE-2020-10773: A kernel stack information leak on s390/s390x was fixed (bnc#1172999).

CVE-2020-14416: A race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c (bnc#1162002).

CVE-2020-10768: Indirect branch speculation could have been enabled after it was force-disabled by the PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE prctl command. (bnc#1172783).

CVE-2020-10766: Fixed Rogue cross-process SSBD shutdown, where a Linux scheduler logical bug allows an attacker to turn off the SSBD protection. (bnc#1172781).

CVE-2020-10767: Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier was force-disabled when STIBP is unavailable or enhanced IBRS is available.
(bnc#1172782).

CVE-2020-13974: drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c had an integer overflow if k_ascii is called several times in a row, aka CID-b86dab054059.
(bnc#1172775).

CVE-2019-20810: go7007_snd_init in drivers/media/usb/go7007/snd-go7007.c in the Linux kernel did not call snd_card_free for a failure path, which causes a memory leak, aka CID-9453264ef586 (bnc#1172458).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

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-4485-1 advisory.

    Timothy Michaud discovered that the i915 graphics driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     user memory locations for the i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl. A local attacker could possibly use this to     cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-20669)

    It was discovered that the Kvaser CAN/USB driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in     certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2019-19947)

    Chuhong Yuan discovered that go7007 USB audio device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in some failure conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-20810)

    It was discovered that the elf handling code in the Linux kernel did not initialize memory before using it     in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to possibly expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2020-10732)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not correctly apply Speculative Store Bypass Disable (SSBD)     mitigations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2020-10766)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not correctly apply Indirect Branch Predictor Barrier (IBPB)     mitigations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2020-10767)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel could incorrectly enable Indirect Branch Speculation after it has     been disabled for a process via a prctl() call. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2020-10768)

    Luca Bruno discovered that the zram module in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict unprivileged     users from accessing the hot_add sysfs file. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2020-10781)

    It was discovered that the XFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     meta data in some circumstances. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when     mounted, could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12655)

    It was discovered that the bcache subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly release a lock in some     error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12771)

    It was discovered that the Virtual Terminal keyboard driver in the Linux kernel contained an integer     overflow. A local attacker could possibly use this to have an unspecified impact. (CVE-2020-13974)

    Kyungtae Kim discovered that the USB testing driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory     on disconnect events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2020-15393)

    It was discovered that the NFS server implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly honor umask     settings when setting permissions while creating file system objects if the underlying file system did not     support ACLs. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information or violate system     integrity. (CVE-2020-24394)

    It was discovered that the Kerberos SUNRPC GSS implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory on module unload. A local privileged attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial     of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2020-12656)

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.

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 5.19.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-5.19.1 advisory.

  - In Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.46, several cryptographic primitives had missing length     checks. In cases where the application calling the library did not perform a sanity check on the inputs it     could result in a crash due to a buffer overflow. (CVE-2019-17006)

  - Heap buffer overflow in the TFTP protocol handler in cURL 7.19.4 to 7.65.3. (CVE-2019-5482)

  - In all versions of cpio before 2.13 does not properly validate input files when generating TAR archives.
    When cpio is used to create TAR archives from paths an attacker can write to, the resulting archive may     contain files with permissions the attacker did not have or in paths he did not have access to. Extracting     those archives from a high-privilege user without carefully reviewing them may lead to the compromise of     the system. (CVE-2019-14866)

  - If an HTTP/2 client connecting to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M7, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.37 or 8.5.0 to     8.5.57 exceeded the agreed maximum number of concurrent streams for a connection (in violation of the     HTTP/2 protocol), it was possible that a subsequent request made on that connection could contain HTTP     headers - including HTTP/2 pseudo headers - from a previous request rather than the intended headers. This     could lead to users seeing responses for unexpected resources. (CVE-2020-13943)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.6.45 and prior, 5.7.27 and prior and 8.0.17 and prior. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise     MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang     or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. (CVE-2019-2974)

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
138643	Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2020-1401)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	7/20/2020	12/11/2024	high
139308	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2105-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/4/2020	5/12/2022	high
139364	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2134-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/6/2020	1/13/2021	high
140183	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4485-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	9/2/2020	8/27/2024	high
164584	Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-5.19.1)	Nessus	Misc.	9/1/2022	7/22/2025	critical

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