The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3364-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a Wake- on-Lan data structure. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2014-9900)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to /proc/iomem. A local attacker     could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2015-8944)

    Alexander Potapenko discovered a race condition in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) subsystem     in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2017-1000380)

    Li Qiang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPUs in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate some ioctl arguments. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2017-7346)

    Jann Horn discovered that bpf in Linux kernel does not restrict the output of the print_bpf_insn function.
    A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive address information. (CVE-2017-9150)

    Murray McAllister discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPUs in the Linux kernel did not     properly initialize memory. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2017-9605)

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.

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3364-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 101951

Version 3.11

Version 3.10

Version 3.11 Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401091856
Version 3.10 Oct 21, 2023, 5:06 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C" to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N". "CVSSv3 vector" changed from "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N" to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N") CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2017-9605") Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310210506