The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2665-1 advisory.

    A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's file_handle size verification. A local user could     exploit this flaw to read potentially sensative memory locations. (CVE-2015-1420)

    A underflow error was discovered in the Linux kernel's Ozmo Devices USB over WiFi host controller driver.
    A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially     execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted packet. (CVE-2015-4001)

    A bounds check error was discovered in the Linux kernel's Ozmo Devices USB over WiFi host controller     driver. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted packet. (CVE-2015-4002)

    A division by zero error was discovered in the Linux kernel's Ozmo Devices USB over WiFi host controller     driver. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2015-4003)

    A double free flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's path lookup. A local user could cause a denial of     service (Oops). (CVE-2015-5706)

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.

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2665-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84616

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