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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2395-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78765

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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-2395-1 advisory.

 Nadav Amit reported that the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) mishandles noncanonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the rip (Instruction Pointer). A guest user with access to I/O or the MMIO can use this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) of the guest. (CVE-2014-3647)

 A flaw was discovered with the handling of the invept instruction in the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged guest user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) on the guest. (CVE-2014-3646)

 Lars Bull reported a race condition in the PIT (programmable interrupt timer) emulation in the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local guest user with access to PIT i/o ports could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash) on the host. (CVE-2014-3611)

 Lars Bull and Nadav Amit reported a flaw in how KVM (the Kernel Virtual Machine) handles noncanonical writes to certain MSR registers. A privileged guest user can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) on the host. (CVE-2014-3610)

 A bounds check error was discovered in the driver for the Logitech Unifying receivers and devices. A physically proximate attacker could exploit this flaw to to cause a denial of service (invalid kfree) or to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-3182)

 Raphael Geissert reported a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's CIFS client. A remote CIFS server could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact by deleting IPC$ share during resolution of DFS referrals. (CVE-2014-7145)

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-2395-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78765

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2395-1.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2014

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3182

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3647

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-39-generic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-39-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-39-powerpc64-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-39-powerpc-e500, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-39-powerpc64-emb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-39-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-39-powerpc-e500mc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13.0-39-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: 10/30/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3182, CVE-2014-3610, CVE-2014-3611, CVE-2014-3646, CVE-2014-3647, CVE-2014-7145

BID: 69867, 70742, 70743, 70745, 70748

USN: 2395-1