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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-2274-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 76386

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2274-1 advisory.

 Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw with the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall on x86_64 processors. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (System Crash) or potential gain administrative privileges.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2274-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76386

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2274-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2014

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4699

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-30-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-30-powerpc64-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-30-powerpc64-emb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-30-powerpc-e500mc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-30-powerpc-e500, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-30-lowlatency

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2014

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4699

BID: 68411

USN: 2274-1