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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability (USN-2805-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 86815

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2805-1 advisory.

 Ben Serebrin discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly catch Alignment Check exceptions. An attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host OS.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2805-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 86815

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2805-1.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2015

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5307

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-53-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-53-powerpc-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-53-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-53-powerpc64-emb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-53-powerpc64-smp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-53-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16.0-53-powerpc-e500mc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5307

USN: 2805-1