Debian DSA-2926-1 : linux - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 73971

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leaks or privilege escalation :

- CVE-2014-0196 Jiri Slaby discovered a race condition in the pty layer, which could lead to denial of service or privilege escalation.

- CVE-2014-1737 / CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley discovered that missing input sanitising in the FDRAWCMD ioctl and an information leak could result in privilege escalation.

- CVE-2014-2851 Incorrect reference counting in the ping_init_sock() function allows denial of service or privilege escalation.

- CVE-2014-3122 Incorrect locking of memory can result in local denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the linux packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.57-3+deb7u1. This update also fixes a regression in the isci driver and suspend problems with certain AMD CPUs (introduced in the updated kernel from the Wheezy 7.5 point release).

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73971

File Name: debian_DSA-2926.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2014

Updated: 5/14/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2014

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/2/2023

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0196, CVE-2014-1737, CVE-2014-1738, CVE-2014-2851, CVE-2014-3122

BID: 66779, 67162, 67282, 67300, 67302

DSA: 2926

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