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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2359-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77821

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2359-1 advisory.

 Jack Morgenstein reported a flaw in the page handling of the KVM (Kerenl Virtual Machine) subsystem in the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have other unspecified impact on the host OS. (CVE-2014-3601)

 Jason Gunthorpe reported a flaw with SCTP authentication in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS). (CVE-2014-5077)

 Chris Evans reported an flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of iso9660 (compact disk filesystem) images.
 An attacker who can mount a custom iso9660 image either via a CD/DVD drive or a loopback mount could cause a denial of service (system crash or reboot). (CVE-2014-5471)

 Chris Evans reported an flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of iso9660 (compact disk filesystem) images.
 An attacker who can mount a custom iso9660 image, with a self-referential CL entry, either via a CD/DVD drive or a loopback mount could cause a denial of service (unkillable mount process). (CVE-2014-5472)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2359-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77821

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2359-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2014

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: Medium

Score: 4.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-5077

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-5471

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-36-generic-lpae, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-36-powerpc-e500mc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-36-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-36-powerpc64-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-36-powerpc-e500, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-36-powerpc64-emb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-36-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-36-powerpc-smp

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: 9/23/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3601, CVE-2014-5077, CVE-2014-5471, CVE-2014-5472

BID: 68881, 69396, 69428, 69489

USN: 2359-1