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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-2314-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77199

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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-2314-1 advisory.

 An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's audit subsystem when auditing certain syscalls. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS).

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-2314-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77199

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2314-1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2014

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3917

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc64-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc64-emb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-33-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-33-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-e500mc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-33-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-e500

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3917

BID: 67699

USN: 2314-1