The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3847-2 advisory.

    USN-3847-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the     corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu     16.04 LTS.

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the raw MIDI driver for the Linux kernel, leading to a     double free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10902)

    It was discovered that an integer overrun vulnerability existed in the POSIX timers implementation in the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-12896)

    Noam Rathaus discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Infiniband implementation in     the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14734)

    It was discovered that the YUREX USB device driver for the Linux kernel did not properly restrict user     space reads or writes. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16276)

    It was discovered that the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not correctly compute numeric bounds in     some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-18445)

    Kanda Motohiro discovered that writing extended attributes to an XFS file system in the Linux kernel in     certain situations could cause an error condition to occur. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service. (CVE-2018-18690)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the CDROM driver of the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-18710)

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 (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3847-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119828

Version 1.10

Version 1.9

Version 1.8

Version 1.10 Aug 28, 2024, 11:02 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408282302
Version 1.9 Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401091856
Version 1.8 Oct 21, 2023, 9:06 AM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C". "CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2018-18445") Detection Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310210906