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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5390-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 160214

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5390-1 advisory.

 David Bouman discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate passed user register indices. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1015)

 David Bouman discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not initialize memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
 (CVE-2022-1016)

 It was discovered that the ST21NFCA NFC driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the size of certain data in EVT_TRANSACTION events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-26490)

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-5390-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 160214

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5390-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2022

Updated: 8/29/2024

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-2022-26490

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-5.15.0-27-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1003-oracle, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1004-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1005-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-27-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-27-generic-64k, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-27-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-27-lowlatency-64k

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: 4/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1015, CVE-2022-1016, CVE-2022-26490

USN: 5390-1