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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-4486-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140184

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4486-1 advisory.

 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta-data information. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious xfs image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash).

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-4486-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140184

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4486-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10323

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-189-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1113-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-189-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-189-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1142-snapdragon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-189-powerpc-e500mc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-189-powerpc64-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-189-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1138-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-189-powerpc64-emb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1079-kvm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10323

USN: 4486-1