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-7183-1 advisory.

    Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel contained a type-     confusion error. A physically proximate remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12351)

    Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth A2MP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory in some situations. A physically proximate remote attacker could use this to expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2020-12352)

    Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth HCI event packet parser in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle event advertisements of certain sizes, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. A physically     proximate remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-24490)

    Ziming Zhang discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DRM driver in the Linux kernel contained an integer     overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2022-36402)

    Zheng Wang discovered a use-after-free in the Renesas Ethernet AVB driver in the Linux kernel during     device removal. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2023-35827)

    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:

    - GPU drivers;

    - I2C subsystem;

    - Network drivers;

    - Pin controllers subsystem;

    - TTY drivers;

    - USB Mass Storage drivers;

    - Framebuffer layer;

    - Ext4 file system;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - Kernel init infrastructure;

    - DMA mapping infrastructure;

    - Memory management;

    - 9P file system network protocol;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - Logical Link layer;

    - MAC80211 subsystem;

    - Netfilter;

    - NFC subsystem;

    - Phonet protocol;

    - Network traffic control;

    - Wireless networking; (CVE-2024-44947, CVE-2023-52594, CVE-2024-35886, CVE-2024-38633, CVE-2023-52509,     CVE-2024-26625, CVE-2024-36946, CVE-2024-45021, CVE-2024-36270, CVE-2021-47118, CVE-2024-43884,     CVE-2024-36941, CVE-2024-38619, CVE-2021-47501, CVE-2024-49967, CVE-2024-42090, CVE-2024-40912,     CVE-2024-36968, CVE-2024-53057, CVE-2023-52507, CVE-2024-42101, CVE-2021-47086, CVE-2024-42153,     CVE-2024-40959, CVE-2024-26777, CVE-2024-44944, CVE-2024-43856, CVE-2024-39301)

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 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7183-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213509

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Version 1.2 Jan 7, 2025, 10:05 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202501071005
Version 1.1 Jan 7, 2025, 2:51 AM New Plugin Feed: 202501070251