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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2826-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 87203
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that the SCTP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel performed an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-5283)Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler attempted to garbage collect incompletely instantiated keys. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7872).
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Solution
Update the affected linux-image-3.13-generic and / or linux-image-3.13-generic-lpae packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 87203
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2826-1.nasl
Version: 2.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 12/4/2015
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: 4.7
Temporal Score: 3.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.13-generic-lpae, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-5283, CVE-2015-7872
USN: 2826-1