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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6131-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176564

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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-6131-1 advisory.

 Patryk Sondej and Piotr Krysiuk discovered that a race condition existed in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel when processing batch requests, 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-2023-32233)

 Gwangun Jung discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-31436)

 Reima Ishii discovered that the nested KVM implementation for Intel x86 processors in the Linux kernel did not properly validate control registers in certain situations. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (guest crash). (CVE-2023-30456)

 It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform data buffer size validation 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 expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1380)

 Jean-Baptiste Cayrou discovered that the shiftfs file system in the Ubuntu Linux kernel contained a race condition when handling inode locking in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel deadlock). (CVE-2023-2612)

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.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6131-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176564

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6131-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32233

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1092-kvm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1100-gke, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1050-ibm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1103-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1106-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1109-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1102-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-150-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1070-gkeop, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-150-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-150-lowlatency

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1380, CVE-2023-2612, CVE-2023-30456, CVE-2023-31436, CVE-2023-32233

USN: 6131-1