The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5978-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index (TCINDEX) 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-2023-1281)

    It was discovered that the KVM VMX implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle indirect     branch prediction isolation between L1 and L2 VMs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to expose     sensitive information from the host OS or other guest VMs. (CVE-2022-2196)

    It was discovered that some AMD x86-64 processors with SMT enabled could speculatively execute     instructions using a return address from a sibling thread. A local attacker could possibly use this to     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-27672)

    Gerald Lee discovered that the USB Gadget file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race     condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability in some situations. A local attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-4382)

    It was discovered that the NTFS file system implementation 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-2022-4842)

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel contained a NULL pointer dereference     vulnerability in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2023-0394)

    It was discovered that the Human Interface Device (HID) support driver in the Linux kernel contained a     type confusion vulnerability in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2023-1073)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the SCTP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2023-1074)

    It was discovered that the TLS subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a type confusion vulnerability in     some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1075)

    It was discovered that the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel     contained a type confusion vulnerability in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-1078)

    It was discovered that the RNDIS USB driver in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow     vulnerability. A local attacker with physical access could plug in a malicious USB device to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-23559)

    Lianhui Tang discovered that the MPLS implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain     sysctl allocation failure conditions, leading to a double-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-26545)

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 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-5978-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173443

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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 9, 2024, 6:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401091856
Version 1.2 Oct 23, 2023, 6:27 PM Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310231827
Version 1.1 Apr 20, 2023, 2:13 PM Exploit attributes ("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". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-26545" to "CVE-2023-23559") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C". "CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C". "CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C". "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". "CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C". "CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") Plugin Feed: 202304201413
Version 1.0 Mar 28, 2023, 6:00 AM New Plugin Feed: 202303280600