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...

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...

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: Security Advisory (USN-3880-1)

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 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...

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 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3880-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3880-1 advisory. It was discovered that the CIFS client implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle setup negotiation during session recovery, leading to a...

USN-3880-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3880-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. It was discovered that the CIFS client implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3880-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the CIFS client implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle setup negotiation during session recovery, leading to a NULL pointer exception. An attacker could use this to create a malicious CIFS server that caused a denial of service client system crash...

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-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...

Fedora 28 : 2:docker (2019-901feba171)

Resolves: 1666565, 1666566 - CVE-2018-20699 - Resolves: 1663068, 1667622 - umount all procfs and sysfs with --no-pivot - built docker @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit 1185cfd - built docker-runc @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit e4ffe43 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Fedora 28 : 2:docker-latest (2019-723711c645)

Resolves: 1666565, 1667625 - CVE-2018-20699 - Resolves: 1663068, 1667626 - umount all procfs and sysfs with --no-pivot - built docker @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit 1185cfd - built docker-runc @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit e4ffe43 ---- Resolves: 1598581, 1598582 - CVE-2018-10892 Note...

Fedora 29 : 2:docker-latest (2019-f5b57646b7)

Resolves: 1666565, 1667625 - CVE-2018-20699 - Resolves: 1663068, 1667626 - umount all procfs and sysfs with --no-pivot - built docker @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit 1185cfd - built docker-runc @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit e4ffe43 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3871-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3871-1 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...

Arbitrary Code Execution

procps is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution attacks. The vulnerability exists as procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3832-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

USN-3835-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the procfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict the ability to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2018-17972 Jann Horn discovered that the mremap system...

USN-3832-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the procfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict the ability to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2018-17972 Jann Horn discovered that the mremap system...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3821-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3821-1 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly ensure that xattr information remained in inode bodies. An...