The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5874-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     bounds checking in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a malicious     USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3628)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth stack in the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2022-3640)

    Khalid Masum discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle certain error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3649)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the SMSC UFX USB driver implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41849)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Roccat HID 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-2022-41850)

    Tams Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-42895)

    It was discovered that the binder IPC 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-2023-20928)

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 / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5874-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171579

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Version 1.4 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 1.3 Jan 10, 2024, 8:45 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202401100845
Version 1.2 Oct 16, 2023, 7:25 PM Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310161925
Version 1.2 Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202401091856
Version 1.1 Feb 17, 2023, 10:07 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202302172207
Version 1.0 Feb 17, 2023, 1:59 AM New Plugin Feed: 202302170159