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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerability (USN-5353-1)

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5353-1 advisory. - A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat. (CVE-2022-27666) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.


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