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Ubuntu 12.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2178-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 73727
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem of the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host OS. (CVE-2014-0049)Al Viro discovered an error in how CIFS in the Linux kernel handles uncached write operations. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, or possibly gain privileges.
(CVE-2014-0069).
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 linux-image-3.5-generic and / or linux-image-3.5-highbank packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 73727
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2178-1.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/27/2014
Updated: 1/19/2021
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: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.4
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.5-highbank, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.5-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: 4/26/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-0049, CVE-2014-0069
USN: 2178-1