Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-4211-1 First vendor Publication 2019-12-03
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-12-03
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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 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:

Zhipeng Xie discovered that an infinite loop could be triggered in the CFS Linux kernel process scheduler. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-20784)

Nicolas Waisman discovered that the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel did not properly validate SSID lengths. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-17133)

Nicolas Waisman discovered that the Chelsio T4/T5 RDMA Driver for the Linux kernel performed DMA from a kernel stack. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-17075)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
linux-image-4.4.0-1063-kvm 4.4.0-1063.70
linux-image-4.4.0-1099-aws 4.4.0-1099.110
linux-image-4.4.0-1126-raspi2 4.4.0-1126.135
linux-image-4.4.0-1130-snapdragon 4.4.0-1130.138
linux-image-4.4.0-170-generic 4.4.0-170.199
linux-image-4.4.0-170-generic-lpae 4.4.0-170.199
linux-image-4.4.0-170-lowlatency 4.4.0-170.199
linux-image-4.4.0-170-powerpc-e500mc 4.4.0-170.199
linux-image-4.4.0-170-powerpc-smp 4.4.0-170.199
linux-image-4.4.0-170-powerpc64-emb 4.4.0-170.199
linux-image-4.4.0-170-powerpc64-smp 4.4.0-170.199
linux-image-aws 4.4.0.1099.103
linux-image-generic 4.4.0.170.178
linux-image-generic-lpae 4.4.0.170.178
linux-image-kvm 4.4.0.1063.63
linux-image-lowlatency 4.4.0.170.178
linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 4.4.0.170.178
linux-image-powerpc-smp 4.4.0.170.178
linux-image-powerpc64-emb 4.4.0.170.178
linux-image-powerpc64-smp 4.4.0.170.178
linux-image-raspi2 4.4.0.1126.126
linux-image-snapdragon 4.4.0.1130.122
linux-image-virtual 4.4.0.170.178

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/4211-1
CVE-2018-20784, CVE-2019-17075, CVE-2019-17133

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.4.0-170.199
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/4.4.0-1099.110
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/4.4.0-1063.70
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi2/4.4.0-1126.135
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-snapdragon/4.4.0-1130.138

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4211-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 4
Os 1
Os 3353
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

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Date Informations
2019-12-03 09:20:17
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