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Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2565-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82696

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

An integer overflow was discovered in the stack randomization feature of the Linux kernel on 64 bit platforms. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass the Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) protection mechanism. (CVE-2015-1593)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux Kernel's handling of userspace configuration of the link layer control (LLC). A local user could exploit this flaw to read data from other sysctl settings.
(CVE-2015-2041)

An information leak was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles setting the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) settings. A local user could exploit this flaw to read data from other sysctl settings.
(CVE-2015-2042).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected linux-image-3.16-generic, linux-image-3.16-generic-lpae and / or linux-image-3.16-lowlatency packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2565-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82696

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2565-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16-generic-lpae, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16-generic

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1593, CVE-2015-2041, CVE-2015-2042

USN: 2565-1