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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6462-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 184085

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6462-1 advisory.

 Seth Jenkins discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly perform address randomization for a per-cpu memory management structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory) or in conjunction with another kernel vulnerability. (CVE-2023-0597)

 Yu Hao and Weiteng Chen discovered that the Bluetooth HCI UART driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-31083)

 Lin Ma discovered that the Netlink Transformation (XFRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a null pointer dereference vulnerability in some situations. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-3772)

 It was discovered that the Siano USB MDTV receiver device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle device initialization failures in certain situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-4132)

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-6462-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 184085

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6462-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2023-0597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1097-raspi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1060-ibm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1074-bluefield, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1080-gkeop, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-166-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1102-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1033-xilinx-zynqmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-166-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1112-oracle, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-166-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1119-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1117-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1113-aws

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: 10/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0597, CVE-2023-31083, CVE-2023-3772, CVE-2023-4132

USN: 6462-1