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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4144-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129490

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4144-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the XFS file system in the Linux kernel did not properly handle mount failures in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-20976)

 Benjamin Moody discovered that the XFS file system in the Linux kernel did not properly handle an error condition when out of disk quota. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
 (CVE-2019-15538)

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.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4144-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129490

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4144-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2019

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20976

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-65-generic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1051-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1065-snapdragon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-65-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1048-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-65-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1057-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1026-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1060-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1047-kvm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20976, CVE-2019-15538

USN: 4144-1