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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) regression (USN-3522-4)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105746

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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-3522-4 advisory.

 USN-3522-2 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to address Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754). Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression where a few systems failed to boot successfully. 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-3522-4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105746

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3522-4.nasl

Version: 3.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/11/2018

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-powerpc-e500mc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-powerpc64-emb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-109-powerpc64-smp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2018

Reference Information

IAVA: 2018-A-0019

USN: 3522-4