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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5317-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158731

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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-5317-1 advisory.

 Nick Gregory discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly handled network offload functionality. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25636)

 Enrico Barberis, Pietro Frigo, Marius Muench, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida discovered that hardware mitigations added by ARM to their processors to address Spectre-BTI were insufficient. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-23960)

 Max Kellermann discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly handled Unix pipes. A local attacker could potentially use this to modify any file that could be opened for reading. (CVE-2022-0847)

 Enrico Barberis, Pietro Frigo, Marius Muench, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida discovered that hardware mitigations added by Intel to their processors to address Spectre-BTI were insufficient. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-0001, CVE-2022-0002)

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-5317-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158731

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5317-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/9/2022

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: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0847

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25636

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-35-generic-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-35-generic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-35-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-1021-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-1017-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-35-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.14.0-1027-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-1019-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-1017-aws

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: 3/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/16/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Dirty Pipe Local Privilege Escalation via CVE-2022-0847)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0001, CVE-2022-0002, CVE-2022-0847, CVE-2022-23960, CVE-2022-25636

USN: 5317-1