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Ubuntu 18.10 : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-3819-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118967

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Synopsis

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

Description

Felix Wilhelm discovered that the Xen netback driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform input validation in some situations.
An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3819-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118967

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3819-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2018

Updated: 7/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-snapdragon, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-snapdragon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gke, 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-4.18-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-generic

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15471

USN: 3819-1