6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.016 Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.0%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842185");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-2150", "CVE-2015-2666", "CVE-2015-2830", "CVE-2015-2922");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-05-01 03:50:13 +0000 (Fri, 01 May 2015)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:05+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:05 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2590-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU14\.10");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-2590-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2590-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-2590-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Jan Beulich discovered the Xen virtual machine subsystem of the Linux
kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers. A local
guest user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host
crash). (CVE-2015-2150)
A stack overflow was discovered in the microcode loader for the intel
x86 platform. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service (kernel crash) or to potentially execute code with kernel
privileges. (CVE-2015-2666)
A privilege escalation was discovered in the fork syscal vi the int80 entry
on 64 bit kernels with 32 bit emulation support. An unprivileged local
attacker could exploit this flaw to increase their privileges on the
system. (CVE-2015-2830)
It was discovered that the Linux kernel's IPv6 networking stack has a flaw
that allows using route advertisement (RA) messages to set the 'hop_limit'
to values that are too low. An unprivileged attacker on a local network
could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (IPv6 messages
dropped). (CVE-2015-2922)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'linux' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.10.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU14.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-3.16.0-36-generic", ver:"3.16.0-36.48", rls:"UBUNTU14.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-3.16.0-36-generic-lpae", ver:"3.16.0-36.48", rls:"UBUNTU14.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-3.16.0-36-lowlatency", ver:"3.16.0-36.48", rls:"UBUNTU14.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-3.16.0-36-powerpc-e500mc", ver:"3.16.0-36.48", rls:"UBUNTU14.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-3.16.0-36-powerpc-smp", ver:"3.16.0-36.48", rls:"UBUNTU14.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-3.16.0-36-powerpc64-emb", ver:"3.16.0-36.48", rls:"UBUNTU14.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-3.16.0-36-powerpc64-smp", ver:"3.16.0-36.48", rls:"UBUNTU14.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);