The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5790-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly handle internal data     structures. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2021-4159)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Android Binder IPC 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-2022-20421)

    It was discovered that the Intel 740 frame buffer driver in the Linux kernel contained a divide by zero     vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2022-3061)

    Gwnaun Jung discovered that the SFB packet scheduling 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-2022-3586)

    Jann Horn discovered a race condition existed in the Linux kernel when unmapping VMAs in certain     situations, resulting in possible use-after-free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could possibly use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-39188)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the EFI capsule loader driver 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-2022-40307)

    Zheng Wang and Zhuorao Yang discovered that the RealTek RTL8712U wireless driver 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-2022-4095)

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 / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5790-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169692

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Version 1.5 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 1.4 Jan 10, 2024, 8:45 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401100845
Version 1.3 Oct 24, 2023, 4:27 PM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2022-20421" to "CVE-2022-4095") Plugin Feed: 202310241627
Version 1.3 Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401091856
Version 1.2 Oct 16, 2023, 9:38 PM Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310162138
Version 1.1 Jan 9, 2023, 9:49 PM Regenerated based on advisory update Plugin Feed: 202301092149
Version 1.1 Oct 16, 2023, 7:25 PM Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310161925
Version 1.0 Jan 7, 2023, 3:56 PM New Plugin Feed: 202301071556