The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5883-1 advisory.

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer     overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2022-4378)

    It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the Video for Linux 2 (V4L2)     implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20369)

    Pawan Kumar Gupta, Alyssa Milburn, Amit Peled, Shani Rehana, Nir Shildan and Ariel Sabba discovered that     some Intel processors with Enhanced Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation (eIBRS) did not properly handle     RET instructions after a VM exits. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-26373)

    David Leadbeater discovered that the netfilter IRC protocol tracking implementation in the Linux Kernel     incorrectly handled certain message payloads in some situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this     to cause a denial of service or bypass firewall filtering. (CVE-2022-2663)

    Johannes Wikner and Kaveh Razavi discovered that for some AMD x86-64 processors, the branch predictor     could by mis-trained for return instructions in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use     this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-29900)

    Johannes Wikner and Kaveh Razavi discovered that for some Intel x86-64 processors, the Linux kernel's     protections against speculative branch target injection attacks were insufficient in some circumstances. A     local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-29901)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Kernel Connection Multiplexor (KCM) socket     implementation in the Linux kernel when releasing sockets in certain situations. A local attacker could     use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-3521)

    It was discovered that the Netronome Ethernet 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-2022-3545)

    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)

    It was discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error conditions. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3646)

    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)

    Hyunwoo Kim discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the PXA3xx graphics driver in the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2022-39842)

    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)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Xen network backend driver in the Linux kernel when     handling dropped packets in certain circumstances. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (kernel deadlock). (CVE-2022-42328)

    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 USB monitoring (usbmon) component in the Linux kernel did not properly set     permissions on memory mapped in to user space processes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-43750)

    It was discovered that the Upper Level Protocol (ULP) subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle sockets entering the LISTEN state in certain protocols, 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-2023-0461)

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 (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-5883-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171812

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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 Plugin metadata Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202401100845
Version 1.3 Oct 21, 2023, 9:06 AM Plugin metadata Detection Plugin Feed: 202310210906
Version 1.3 Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401091856
Version 1.2 Sep 1, 2023, 2:16 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: 202309011416
Version 1.1 Mar 6, 2023, 8:02 PM Regenerated based on advisory update Plugin Feed: 202303062002
Version 1.0 Feb 23, 2023, 5:54 AM New Plugin Feed: 202302230554