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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2615-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83761

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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-2615-1 advisory.

 Alexandre Oliva reported a race condition flaw in the btrfs file system's handling of extended attributes (xattrs). A local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass ACLs and potentially escalate privileges.
 (CVE-2014-9710)

 A memory corruption issue was discovered in AES decryption when using the Intel AES-NI accelerated code path. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate privileges on Intel base machines with AEC-GCM mode IPSec security association. (CVE-2015-3331)

 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPv4 networking when using TCP fast open to initiate a connection. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-3332)

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-2615-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83761

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2615-1.nasl

Version: 2.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/21/2015

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: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3331

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9710

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-38-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-38-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-38-powerpc64-emb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-38-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-38-powerpc64-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-38-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-38-powerpc-e500mc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9710, CVE-2015-3331, CVE-2015-3332

BID: 73308, 74232, 74235

USN: 2615-1