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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5161-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155752

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5161-1 advisory.

 Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform size validations on incoming packets in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-3655)

 It was discovered that the AMD Cryptographic Coprocessor (CCP) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2021-3744, CVE-2021-3764)

 It was discovered that the Aspeed Low Pin Count (LPC) Bus Controller implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform boundary checks in some situations, allowing out-of-bounds write access. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. In Ubuntu, this issue only affected systems running armhf kernels. (CVE-2021-42252)

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-5161-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155752

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5161-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/1/2021

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: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42252

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.11.0-41-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.11.0-41-generic-lpae, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.11.0-1022-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.11.0-1022-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.11.0-1022-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.11.0-41-generic-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.11.0-1023-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.11.0-41-generic

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3655, CVE-2021-3744, CVE-2021-3764, CVE-2021-42252

USN: 5161-1