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Summary
Title Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3932-1 First vendor Publication 2019-04-02
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-04-02
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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description: - linux: Linux kernel - linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems - linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments - linux-raspi2: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 - linux-snapdragon: Linux kernel for Snapdragon processors

Details:

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-18249)

Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13099, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614, CVE-2018-14616)

Wen Xu and Po-Ning Tseng discovered that btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612, CVE-2018-14613)

Vasily Averin and Evgenii Shatokhin discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the NFS41+ subsystem when multiple network namespaces are in use. A local attacker in a container could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16884)

It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the PPP over L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-9517)

Shlomi Oberman, Yuli Shapiro, and Ran Menscher discovered an information leak in the Bluetooth implementation of the Linux kernel. An attacker within Bluetooth range could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460)

Jann Horn discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM with access to /dev/kvm could use this to cause a denial of service (guest VM crash). (CVE-2019-6974)

Jim Mattson and Felix Wilhelm discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel, when using nested virtual machines. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host system. (CVE-2019-7221)

Felix Wilhelm discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel, when nested virtualization is used. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (host system memory to a guest VM). (CVE-2019-7222)

Jann Horn discovered that the mmap implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the mmap minimum address in some situations. A local attacker could use this to assist exploiting a kernel NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. (CVE-2019-9213)

Muyu Yu discovered that the CAN implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly restrict the field size when processing outgoing frames. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3701)

Vladis Dronov discovered that the debug interface for the Linux kernel's HID subsystem did not properly validate passed parameters in some situations. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (infinite loop). (CVE-2019-3819)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
linux-image-4.4.0-1043-kvm 4.4.0-1043.49
linux-image-4.4.0-1079-aws 4.4.0-1079.89
linux-image-4.4.0-1106-raspi2 4.4.0-1106.114
linux-image-4.4.0-1110-snapdragon 4.4.0-1110.115
linux-image-4.4.0-145-generic 4.4.0-145.171
linux-image-4.4.0-145-generic-lpae 4.4.0-145.171
linux-image-4.4.0-145-lowlatency 4.4.0-145.171
linux-image-4.4.0-145-powerpc-e500mc 4.4.0-145.171
linux-image-4.4.0-145-powerpc-smp 4.4.0-145.171
linux-image-4.4.0-145-powerpc64-emb 4.4.0-145.171
linux-image-4.4.0-145-powerpc64-smp 4.4.0-145.171
linux-image-aws 4.4.0.1079.82
linux-image-generic 4.4.0.145.153
linux-image-generic-lpae 4.4.0.145.153
linux-image-kvm 4.4.0.1043.43
linux-image-lowlatency 4.4.0.145.153
linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 4.4.0.145.153
linux-image-powerpc-smp 4.4.0.145.153
linux-image-powerpc64-emb 4.4.0.145.153
linux-image-powerpc64-smp 4.4.0.145.153
linux-image-raspi2 4.4.0.1106.106
linux-image-snapdragon 4.4.0.1110.102
linux-image-virtual 4.4.0.145.153

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-3932-1
CVE-2017-18249, CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13099, CVE-2018-13100,
CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612, CVE-2018-14613,
CVE-2018-14614, CVE-2018-14616, CVE-2018-16884, CVE-2018-9517,
CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460, CVE-2019-3701, CVE-2019-3819,
CVE-2019-6974, CVE-2019-7221, CVE-2019-7222, CVE-2019-9213

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.4.0-145.171
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/4.4.0-1079.89
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/4.4.0-1043.49
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi2/4.4.0-1106.114
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-snapdragon/4.4.0-1110.115

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3932-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
24 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
24 % CWE-416 Use After Free
19 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
10 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
10 % CWE-369 Divide By Zero
10 % CWE-362 Race Condition
5 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 134
Application 122
Application 124
Application 117
Application 143
Application 87
Application 111
Application 136
Application 133
Application 137
Application 122
Application 97
Application 7
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Hardware 7
Hardware 6
Os 8
Os 2
Os 2
Os 1
Os 3454
Os 2
Os 4
Os 1
Os 5
Os 2
Os 2
Os 3
Os 3
Os 1
Os 5
Os 1
Os 5
Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2019-509c133845.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2019-f812c9fb22.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2019-337484d88b.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2019-b0f7a7b74b.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-11 Name : The remote Virtuozzo host is missing a security update.
File : Virtuozzo_VZA-2018-089.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-04 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1531.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-02 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4308.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0165.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0072.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2019-04-12 17:21:35
  • Multiple Updates
2019-04-03 05:21:28
  • Multiple Updates
2019-04-03 05:18:40
  • First insertion