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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) regression (USN-3509-4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105355

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3509-4 advisory.

 USN-3509-2 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

 Unfortunately, it also introduced a regression that prevented the Ceph network filesystem from being used.
 This update fixes the problem.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



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

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

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3509-4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105355

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3509-4.nasl

Version: 3.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/18/2017

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Risk Information

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-104-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-104-powerpc64-emb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-104-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-104-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-104-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-104-powerpc64-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-104-powerpc-e500mc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1006-aws

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2017

Reference Information

USN: 3509-4