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Ubuntu 11.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1312-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 57343
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
A bug was discovered in the XFS filesystem's handling of pathnames. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service, or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4077)Nick Bowler discovered the kernel GHASH message digest algorithm incorrectly handled error conditions. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2011-4081)
A flaw was found in the Journaling Block Device (JBD). A local attacker able to mount ext3 or ext4 file systems could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4132)
Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS file system bounds checking. When a malformed HFS file system is mounted a local user could crash the system or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4330).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 57343
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1312-1.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 12/20/2011
Updated: 9/19/2019
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: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-2.6-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-2.6-versatile, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-2.6-generic-pae, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-2.6-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-2.6-virtual
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4081, CVE-2011-4132, CVE-2011-4330
USN: 1312-1