The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5650-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the framebuffer driver on the Linux kernel did not verify size limits when changing     font or screen size, leading to an out-of- bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33655)

    It was discovered that the virtual terminal driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle VGA console     font changes, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33656)

    Christian Brauner discovered that the XFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle setgid file creation. A local attacker could use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2021-4037)

    It was discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize     memory in some situations. A privileged local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-0850)

    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)

    Norbert Slusarek discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel,     resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1729)

    It was discovered that the Packet network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-     bounds access. A remote attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2022-20368)

    It was discovered that the Open vSwitch implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out of bounds     write vulnerability in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2639)

    Jann Horn discovered that the ASIX AX88179/178A USB Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel contained multiple     out-of-bounds vulnerabilities. A local attacker with physical access could plug in a specially crafted USB     device to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2964)

    Hao Sun and Jiacheng Xu discovered that the NILFS file system implementation 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-2022-2978)

    Abhishek Shah discovered a race condition in the PF_KEYv2 implementation in the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-3028)

    It was discovered that the Journaled File System (JFS) in the Linux kernel contained a null pointer     dereference in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2022-3202)

    Domingo Dirutigliano and Nicola Guerrera discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did     not properly handle rules that truncated packets below the packet header size. When such rules are in     place, a remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2022-36946)

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 vulnerabilities (USN-5650-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165602

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Version 1.8 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.7 Jan 10, 2024, 8:45 AM Plugin metadata Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202401100845
Version 1.6 Oct 23, 2023, 6:27 PM Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310231827
Version 1.6 Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401091856
Version 1.5 Jan 18, 2023, 9:01 AM Logic Changes (Added support for s390x) Plugin Feed: 202301180901
Version 1.4 Dec 13, 2022, 2:03 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True") Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C") Plugin Feed: 202212131403
Version 1.3 Dec 2, 2022, 4:16 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" changed from "6.2" to "7.2") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C" to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2022-0850" to "CVE-2021-33656") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2021-33656, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202212021616