The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6831-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the HugeTLB file system component of the Linux Kernel contained a NULL pointer     dereference vulnerability. A privileged attacker could possibly use this to to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2024-0841)

    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:

    - ARM32 architecture;

    - PowerPC architecture;

    - x86 architecture;

    - DMA engine subsystem;

    - EFI core;

    - GPU drivers;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - Multiple devices driver;

    - Network drivers;

    - Power supply drivers;

    - TCM subsystem;

    - Userspace I/O drivers;

    - USB subsystem;

    - Framebuffer layer;

    - AFS file system;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - BTRFS file system;

    - Ext4 file system;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - Networking core;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - L2TP protocol;

    - MAC80211 subsystem;

    - Netfilter;

    - Netlink;

    - Wireless networking; (CVE-2024-26748, CVE-2024-27417, CVE-2024-26840, CVE-2023-52504, CVE-2024-26790,     CVE-2024-26763, CVE-2024-26805, CVE-2024-26773, CVE-2021-47063, CVE-2024-26791, CVE-2024-27413,     CVE-2024-26788, CVE-2024-27405, CVE-2024-26845, CVE-2024-26766, CVE-2021-47070, CVE-2024-26839,     CVE-2024-26712, CVE-2024-27412, CVE-2024-26752, CVE-2024-26778, CVE-2024-26735, CVE-2024-26736,     CVE-2024-27410, CVE-2024-26779, CVE-2024-26804, CVE-2024-26749, CVE-2024-26793, CVE-2024-26764,     CVE-2024-26751, CVE-2024-35811, CVE-2024-26835, CVE-2024-26772, CVE-2024-26777, CVE-2024-26688,     CVE-2024-27416, CVE-2024-26801, CVE-2024-26733, CVE-2024-27414, CVE-2024-26754, CVE-2024-26848)

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.

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6831-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200450

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.1 Jun 13, 2024, 3:23 AM New Plugin Feed: 202406130323