The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2965-4 advisory.

    Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) implementation in the Linux kernel     did not properly reference count file descriptors, leading to a use-after-free. A local unprivileged     attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges.

    Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB sound subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB     device descriptors. An attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2016-2184)

    Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ATI Wonder Remote II USB driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate USB device descriptors. An attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2016-2185)

    Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the PowerMate USB driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB     device descriptors. An attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2016-2186)

    Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the I/O-Warrior USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate USB device descriptors. An attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2016-2188)

    Sergej Schumilo, Hendrik Schwartke, and Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the MCT USB RS232 Converter device     driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB device descriptors. An attacker with physical     access could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-3136)

    Sergej Schumilo, Hendrik Schwartke, and Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Cypress M8 USB device driver     in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB device descriptors. An attacker with physical access     could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-3137)

    Sergej Schumilo, Hendrik Schwartke, and Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB abstract device control     driver for modems and ISDN adapters did not validate endpoint descriptors. An attacker with physical     access could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-3138)

    Sergej Schumilo, Hendrik Schwartke, and Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Linux kernel's USB driver for     Digi AccelePort serial converters did not properly validate USB device descriptors. An attacker with     physical access could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-3140)

    It was discovered that the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform the destruction of inet     device objects properly. An attacker in a guest OS could use this to cause a denial of service (networking     outage) in the host OS. (CVE-2016-3156)

    Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly context- switch IOPL on 64-bit PV Xen     guests. An attacker in a guest OS could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash), gain     privileges, or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-3157)

    Hector Marco and Ismael Ripoll discovered that the Linux kernel would improperly disable Address Space     Layout Randomization (ASLR) for x86 processes running in 32 bit mode if stack-consumption resource limits     were disabled. A local attacker could use this to make it easier to exploit an existing vulnerability in a     setuid/setgid program. (CVE-2016-3672)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel's USB driver for IMS Passenger Control Unit devices did not     properly validate the device's interfaces. An attacker with physical access could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-3689)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the CDC Network Control Model USB driver in the Linux kernel did not     cancel work events queued if a later error occurred, resulting in a use-after-free. An attacker with     physical access could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-3951)

    It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write could occur when handling incoming packets in the USB/IP     implementation in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3955)

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 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability (USN-2965-4)

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