Debian dla-3524 : hyperv-daemons - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179933

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3524 advisory.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3524-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Ben Hutchings August 10, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : linux Version : 4.19.289-2 CVE ID : CVE-2022-40982

Daniel Moghimi discovered Gather Data Sampling (GDS), a hardware vulnerability for Intel CPUs which allows unprivileged speculative access to data which was previously stored in vector registers.

This mitigation requires updated CPU microcode provided in the intel-microcode package.

For details please refer to <https://downfall.page/> and <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security- guidance/technical-documentation/gather-data-sampling.html>.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 4.19.289-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.

For the detailed security status of linux please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/linux

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the hyperv-daemons packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/linux

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40982

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/linux

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179933

File Name: debian_DLA-3524.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40982

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-686-pae, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-all-arm64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-rt-armmp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-config-4.19, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-common-rt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-rt-686-pae, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcpupower1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-armmp-lpae, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-rt-amd64-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-rt-armmp-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-686-pae-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-rt-arm64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-rt-armmp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-cloud-amd64-dbg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-kbuild-4.19, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-686-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-source-4.19, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-cloud-amd64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-amd64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcpupower-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-compiler-gcc-8-arm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-arm64-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-rt-arm64-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbpf4.19, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-armmp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-686, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-armmp-lpae, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-all-i386, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-arm64-signed-template, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-libc-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbpf-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-cpupower, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-all-amd64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-arm64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-all, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-perf-4.19, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-armmp-lpae-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-rt-686-pae-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-amd64-signed-template, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-compiler-gcc-8-x86, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-support-4.19.0-26, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-armmp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-all-armhf, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-armmp-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:usbip, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-i386-signed-template, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-doc-4.19, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.19.0-26-amd64-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hyperv-daemons, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.19.0-26-rt-amd64

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40982