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Ubuntu 17.04 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerability (USN-3484-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104714

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3484-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104714

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3484-1.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2017

Updated: 1/12/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.10-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.10-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.10-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.10-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-raspi2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12188

USN: 3484-1