Executive Summary

Summary
Title Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3901-2 First vendor Publication 2019-03-05
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-03-05
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.4 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description: - linux-aws-hwe: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS-HWE) systems - linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems - linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems - linux-hwe: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel - linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

Details:

USN-3901-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Jann Horn discovered that the userfaultd implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to certain ioctls. A local attacker could use this possibly to modify files. (CVE-2018-18397)

It was discovered that the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel leaked uninitialized memory to user space in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-19854)

Jann Horn discovered a race condition in the fork() system call in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to gain access to services that cache authorizations. (CVE-2019-6133)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
linux-image-4.15.0-1009-oracle 4.15.0-1009.11~16.04.1
linux-image-4.15.0-1028-gcp 4.15.0-1028.29~16.04.1
linux-image-4.15.0-1033-aws 4.15.0-1033.35~16.04.1
linux-image-4.15.0-1040-azure 4.15.0-1040.44
linux-image-4.15.0-46-generic 4.15.0-46.49~16.04.1
linux-image-4.15.0-46-generic-lpae 4.15.0-46.49~16.04.1
linux-image-4.15.0-46-lowlatency 4.15.0-46.49~16.04.1
linux-image-aws-hwe 4.15.0.1033.34
linux-image-azure 4.15.0.1040.44
linux-image-gcp 4.15.0.1028.42
linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 4.15.0.46.67
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04 4.15.0.46.67
linux-image-gke 4.15.0.1028.42
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04 4.15.0.46.67
linux-image-oem 4.15.0.46.67
linux-image-oracle 4.15.0.1009.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
linux-image-4.15.0-1040-azure 4.15.0-1040.44~14.04.1
linux-image-azure 4.15.0.1040.27

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3901-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3901-1
CVE-2018-18397, CVE-2018-19854, CVE-2019-6133

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws-hwe/4.15.0-1033.35~16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/4.15.0-1040.44
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/4.15.0-1028.29~16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe/4.15.0-46.49~16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/4.15.0-1009.11~16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/4.15.0-1040.44~14.04.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3901-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-362 Race Condition
50 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Os 5
Os 1
Os 3191
Os 2
Os 2
Os 3
Os 3
Os 2
Os 2

Alert History

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Date Informations
2019-03-06 00:21:23
  • Multiple Updates
2019-03-06 00:18:35
  • First insertion