The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6536-1 advisory.

    Lucas Leong discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate some     attributes passed from userspace. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-39189)

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle socket     buffers (skb) when performing IP routing in certain circumstances, leading to a null pointer dereference     vulnerability. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2023-42754)

    Yikebaer Aizezi discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-     after-free vulnerability when handling inode extent metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a     malicious ext4 file system image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2023-45898)

    Jason Wang discovered that the virtio ring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle iov     buffers in some situations. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service     (host system crash). (CVE-2023-5158)

    Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle queue     initialization failures in certain situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2023-5178)

    Budimir Markovic discovered that the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle event     groups, leading to 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-2023-5717)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6536-1)

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