Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3871-5)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-3871-5)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3871-5 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4533)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4533 advisory. - ext4: validate that metadata blocks do not overlap superblock Theodore Ts'o Orabug: 28220576 CVE-2018-1094 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

USN-3871-5: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3871-5 linux-azure vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.306.1 - ext4: validate that metadata blocks do not overlap superblock Theodore Ts'o Orabug: 28220576 CVE-2018-1094 - Provide a NLMF flag void dumping inet/inet6 stats in rtnlifinfo Manish Kumar Singh Orabug: 28318718 - btrfs: relocation: Only remove reloc rbtrees if reloc control has...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.30.1 - ext4: validate that metadata blocks do not overlap superblock Theodore Ts'o Orabug: 28220451 CVE-2018-1094 - ext4: always initialize the crc32c checksum driver Theodore Ts'o Orabug: 28220451 CVE-2018-1094 CVE-2018-1094 - vfs: Add sbrdonlysb to query the MSRDONLY flag ...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2019-0002)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - rds: congestion updates can be missed when kernel low on memory Mukesh Kacker Orabug: 28425811 - net/rds: ib: Fix endless RNR Retries caused by memory allocation failures Venkat Venkatsubra Orabug:...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS, GCP, KVM, OEM, Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities (USN-3871-3)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3871-3 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3879-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3879-1 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal fo...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3871-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-3871-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3871-2 advisory. USN-3871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Unfortunately, that update introduced regressions with docking station displays and...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3871-4)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3871-4 advisory. USN-3871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enableme...

USN-3871-3 linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3871-3: Linux kernel (AWS, GCP, KVM, OEM, Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3879-2 linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

USN-3879-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could...

USN-3879-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3879-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could...

USN-3879-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal for an inline file. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system cras...

USN-3879-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal for an inline file. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system cras...

USN-3871-4: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3871-1 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. Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem...