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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6778-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197217

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6778-1 advisory.

 Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-47233)

 Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

 - Ext4 file system;

 - JFS file system;

 - NILFS2 file system;

 - Core kernel;

 - Bluetooth subsystem;

 - Networking core;

 - IPv4 networking;

 - Logical Link layer;

 - MAC80211 subsystem;

 - Netlink;

 - NFC subsystem;

 - Tomoyo security module; (CVE-2023-52601, CVE-2024-26622, CVE-2024-26805, CVE-2024-26635, CVE-2023-52602, CVE-2024-26801, CVE-2023-52566, CVE-2024-26704, CVE-2021-46939, CVE-2024-26614, CVE-2023-52604, CVE-2023-52530, CVE-2023-52524)

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-6778-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197217

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6778-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2024

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-47233

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-46939

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1132-kvm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-254-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-254-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1131-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1169-aws

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46939, CVE-2023-47233, CVE-2023-52524, CVE-2023-52530, CVE-2023-52566, CVE-2023-52601, CVE-2023-52602, CVE-2023-52604, CVE-2024-26614, CVE-2024-26622, CVE-2024-26635, CVE-2024-26704, CVE-2024-26801, CVE-2024-26805

USN: 6778-1