The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5757-1 advisory.

    Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA     mappings in some situations, leading to potential data structure reuse. A local attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-42703)

    It was discovered that the video4linux driver for Empia based TV cards in the Linux kernel did not     properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to 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-2022-3239)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the IPv6 implementation of the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3524)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to     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-2022-3564)

    It was discovered that the ISDN implementation of the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free     vulnerability. A privileged user could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3565)

    It was discovered that the TCP implementation in the Linux kernel contained a data race condition. An     attacker could possibly use this to cause undesired behaviors. (CVE-2022-3566)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel contained a data race condition. An     attacker could possibly use this to cause undesired behaviors. (CVE-2022-3567)

    It was discovered that the Realtek RTL8152 USB Ethernet adapter driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly handle certain error conditions. A local attacker with physical access could plug in a specially     crafted USB device to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3594)

    It was discovered that a null pointer dereference existed in the NILFS2 file system implementation in the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-3621)

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 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5757-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168349

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Version 1.8 Aug 28, 2024, 11:02 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: 202408282302
Version 1.7 Jan 10, 2024, 8:45 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202401100845
Version 1.6 Oct 16, 2023, 7:25 PM Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310161925
Version 1.6 Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202401091856
Version 1.5 Sep 20, 2023, 4:09 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C". "CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202309201609
Version 1.4 Feb 7, 2023, 2:16 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" changed from "7.7" to "6.8") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C" to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" changed from "8.0" to "7.8") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" changed from "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2022-3565, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2022-3565") Plugin Feed: 202302071416
Version 1.3 Jan 18, 2023, 9:01 AM Logic Changes (Added support for s390x) Plugin Feed: 202301180901
Version 1.2 Dec 2, 2022, 4:16 PM New Plugin Feed: 202212021616