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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability (USN-5493-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 162689

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5493-2 advisory.

 It was discovered that the 8 Devices USB2CAN interface implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a double-free. A local attacker could possibly use this to 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-5493-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 162689

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5493-2.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2022

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-28388

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-52-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-121-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-52-generic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-52-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-121-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-121-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.13.0-52-generic-64k

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-28388

USN: 5493-2