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-4185-1 advisory.

    Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian sterlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos,     Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Daniel Gruss, and Jo Van Bulck     discovered that Intel processors using Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) could expose memory     contents previously stored in microarchitectural buffers to a malicious process that is executing on the     same CPU core. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-11135)

    It was discovered that the Intel i915 graphics chipsets allowed userspace to modify page table entries via     writes to MMIO from the Blitter Command Streamer and expose kernel memory information. A local attacker     could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly elevate privileges. (CVE-2019-0155)

    Deepak Gupta discovered that on certain Intel processors, the Linux kernel did not properly perform     invalidation on page table updates by virtual guest operating systems. A local attacker in a guest VM     could use this to cause a denial of service (host system crash). (CVE-2018-12207)

    It was discovered that the Intel i915 graphics chipsets could cause a system hang when userspace performed     a read from GT memory mapped input output (MMIO) when the product is in certain low power states. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-0154)

    Hui Peng discovered that the Atheros AR6004 USB Wi-Fi device driver for the Linux kernel did not properly     validate endpoint descriptors returned by the device. A physically proximate attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-15098)

    Ori Nimron discovered that the AX25 network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     perform permissions checks. A local attacker could use this to create a raw socket. (CVE-2019-17052)

    Ori Nimron discovered that the IEEE 802.15.4 Low-Rate Wireless network protocol implementation in the     Linux kernel did not properly perform permissions checks. A local attacker could use this to create a raw     socket. (CVE-2019-17053)

    Ori Nimron discovered that the Appletalk network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly perform permissions checks. A local attacker could use this to create a raw socket.
    (CVE-2019-17054)

    Ori Nimron discovered that the modular ISDN network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly perform permissions checks. A local attacker could use this to create a raw socket.
    (CVE-2019-17055)

    Ori Nimron discovered that the Near field Communication (NFC) network protocol implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly perform permissions checks. A local attacker could use this to create a raw     socket. (CVE-2019-17056)

    Nico Waisman discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the Realtek Wi-Fi driver for the Linux kernel     when handling Notice of Absence frames. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-17666)

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 / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4185-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130965

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Version 1.8 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 1.7 Jan 10, 2024, 8:45 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401100845
Version 1.6 Oct 21, 2023, 9:06 AM CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2019-17666") Detection Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "False") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310210906
Version 1.6 Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401091856