The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6040-1 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 OverlayFS implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle copy up     operation in some conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2023-0386)

    Haowei Yan discovered that a race condition existed in the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)     implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2022-4129)

    It was discovered that the network queuing discipline 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-2022-47929)

    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 NFS implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle pending tasks in     some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-1652)

    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.

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-6040-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 174749

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