The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4258-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac wireless USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate device metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2019-15099)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Virtual Video Test Driver in the Linux kernel. An     attacker with write access to /dev/video0 on a system with the vivid module loaded could possibly use this     to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2019-18683)

    It was discovered that the btrfs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata,     leading to a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could use this to specially craft a file system image     that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-18885)

    It was discovered that the crypto subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in     certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19050, CVE-2019-19062)

    It was discovered that the RSI 91x WLAN device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate     memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel     memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19071)

    It was discovered that the Broadcom Netxtreme HCA device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial     of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19077)

    It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac wireless USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly deallocate memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause     a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19078)

    It was discovered that the Qualcomm IPC Router TUN device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19079)

    It was discovered that the AMD GPU device drivers in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory     in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to possibly cause a denial of service (kernel     memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19082)

    Dan Carpenter discovered that the AppleTalk networking subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly     handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-19227)

    Or Cohen discovered that the virtual console subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict     writes to unimplemented vcsu (unicode) devices. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or have other unspecified impacts. (CVE-2019-19252)

    It was discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle ioctl     requests to get emulated CPUID features. An attacker with access to /dev/kvm could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-19332)

    It was discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     certain conditions. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 file system that, when mounted,     could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-19767)

    It was discovered that the B2C2 FlexCop USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     device metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2019-15291)

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.

The 5.3.12 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4284-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for     certain Intel graphics processors. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2019-14615)

    It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac wireless USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate device metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2019-15099)

    It was discovered that the HSA Linux kernel driver for AMD GPU devices did not properly check for errors     in certain situations, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly use this to     cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-16229)

    It was discovered that the Marvell 8xxx Libertas WLAN device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     check for errors in certain situations, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could     possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-16232)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Virtual Video Test Driver in the Linux kernel. An     attacker with write access to /dev/video0 on a system with the vivid module loaded could possibly use this     to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2019-18683)

    It was discovered that the Renesas Digital Radio Interface (DRIF) driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly initialize data. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2019-18786)

    It was discovered that the Sound Open Firmware (SOF) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-18811)

    It was discovered that the crypto subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in     certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19050, CVE-2019-19062)

    It was discovered that multiple memory leaks existed in the Marvell WiFi-Ex Driver for the Linux kernel. A     local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion).
    (CVE-2019-19057)

    It was discovered that the Realtek rtlwifi USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial     of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19063)

    It was discovered that the RSI 91x WLAN device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate     memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel     memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19071)

    It was discovered that the Broadcom Netxtreme HCA device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial     of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19077)

    It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac wireless USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly deallocate memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause     a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19078)

    It was discovered that the AMD GPU device drivers in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory     in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to possibly cause a denial of service (kernel     memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19082)

    It was discovered that the IO uring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     credentials checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain administrative     privileges. (CVE-2019-19241)

    Or Cohen discovered that the virtual console subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict     writes to unimplemented vcsu (unicode) devices. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or have other unspecified impacts. (CVE-2019-19252)

    It was discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle ioctl     requests to get emulated CPUID features. An attacker with access to /dev/kvm could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-19332)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Linux kernel on x86 platforms when keeping track of     which process was assigned control of the FPU. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (memory corruption) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2019-19602)

    It was discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     certain conditions. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 file system that, when mounted,     could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-19767)

    It was discovered that the Kvaser CAN/USB driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in     certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2019-19947)

    Gao Chuan discovered that the SAS Class driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition that could     lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2019-19965)

    It was discovered that the B2C2 FlexCop USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     device metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2019-15291)

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
133354	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4258-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	1/30/2020	8/27/2024	high
131334	Fedora 31 : kernel (2019-34a75d7e61)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/27/2019	4/9/2024	high
133797	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4284-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	2/19/2020	8/27/2024	high
131332	Fedora 30 : kernel (2019-021c968423)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/27/2019	4/9/2024	high

Detections

Analytics

Plugins Search

high

high

high

high