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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-6645-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 190818
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6645-1 advisory.It was discovered that the netfilter connection tracker for netlink in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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
Update the affected kernel package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 190818
File Name: ubuntu_USN-6645-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 2/20/2024
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: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-7192
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-196-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-196-generic
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-7192
USN: 6645-1