The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5541-1 advisory.

    Eric Biederman discovered that the cgroup process migration implementation in the Linux kernel did not     perform permission checks correctly in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain     administrative privileges. (CVE-2021-4197)

    Jann Horn discovered that the FUSE file system in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free     vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1011)

    Duoming Zhou discovered that the 6pack protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not handle detach     events properly in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-1198)

    Duoming Zhou discovered that the AX.25 amateur radio protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not     handle detach events properly in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1199)

    Duoming Zhou discovered race conditions in the AX.25 amateur radio protocol implementation in the Linux     kernel during device detach operations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2022-1204)

    Duoming Zhou discovered race conditions in the AX.25 amateur radio protocol implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to use-after-free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-1205)

    It was discovered that the PF_KEYv2 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize kernel     memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2022-1353)

    It was discovered that the implementation of X.25 network protocols in the Linux kernel did not terminate     link layer sessions properly. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2022-1516)

    Zheyu Ma discovered that the Silicon Motion SM712 framebuffer driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle very small reads. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2022-2380)

    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). (CVE-2022-28388)

    It was discovered that the Microchip CAN BUS Analyzer 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). (CVE-2022-28389)

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.

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-5541-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163545

Version 1.8