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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4414-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138139

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4414-1 advisory.

 - **DISPUTED** An issue was discovered in the efi subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5.
 phys_efi_set_virtual_address_map in arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c and efi_call_phys_prolog in arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c mishandle memory allocation failures. NOTE: This id is disputed as not being an issue because All the code touched by the referenced commit runs only at boot, before any user processes are started. Therefore, there is no possibility for an unprivileged user to control it..
 (CVE-2019-12380)

 - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.2.13. nbd_genl_status in drivers/block/nbd.c does not check the nla_nest_start_noflag return value. (CVE-2019-16089)

 - btrfs_root_node in fs/btrfs/ctree.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 allows a NULL pointer dereference because rcu_dereference(root->node) can be zero. (CVE-2019-19036)

 - __btrfs_free_extent in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 calls btrfs_print_leaf in a certain ENOENT case, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information about register values via the dmesg program. NOTE: The BTRFS development team disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because 1) The kernel provide facilities to restrict access to dmesg - dmesg_restrict=1 sysctl option. So it's really up to the system administrator to judge whether dmesg access shall be disallowed or not. 2) WARN/WARN_ON are widely used macros in the linux kernel. If this CVE is considered valid this would mean there are literally thousands CVE lurking in the kernel - something which clearly is not the case. (CVE-2019-19039)

 - In the Linux kernel 5.3.11, mounting a crafted btrfs image twice can cause an rwsem_down_write_slowpath use-after-free because (in rwsem_can_spin_on_owner in kernel/locking/rwsem.c) rwsem_owner_flags returns an already freed pointer, (CVE-2019-19318)

 - In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and unmounting can lead to a use-after-free in btrfs_queue_work in fs/btrfs/async-thread.c. (CVE-2019-19377)

 - relay_open in kernel/relay.c in the Linux kernel through 5.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (such as relay blockage) by triggering a NULL alloc_percpu result. (CVE-2019-19462)

 - In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and then making a syncfs system call can lead to a use-after-free in __mutex_lock in kernel/locking/mutex.c.
 This is related to mutex_can_spin_on_owner in kernel/locking/mutex.c, __btrfs_qgroup_free_meta in fs/btrfs/qgroup.c, and btrfs_insert_delayed_items in fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c. (CVE-2019-19813)

 - In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image and performing some operations can cause slab-out-of-bounds write access in __btrfs_map_block in fs/btrfs/volumes.c, because a value of 1 for the number of data stripes is mishandled. (CVE-2019-19816)

 - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SELinux subsystem in versions before 5.7.
 This flaw occurs while importing the Commercial IP Security Option (CIPSO) protocol's category bitmap into the SELinux extensible bitmap via the' ebitmap_netlbl_import' routine. While processing the CIPSO restricted bitmap tag in the 'cipso_v4_parsetag_rbm' routine, it sets the security attribute to indicate that the category bitmap is present, even if it has not been allocated. This issue leads to a NULL pointer dereference issue while importing the same category bitmap into SELinux. This flaw allows a remote network user to crash the system kernel, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-10711)

 - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. sg_write lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case, aka CID-83c6f2390040. (CVE-2020-12770)

 - gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.13 relies on kstrdup without considering the possibility of an internal '\0' value, which allows attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read, aka CID-15753588bcd4. (CVE-2020-13143)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4414-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138139

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4414-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2020

Updated: 1/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19816

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1046-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1048-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1064-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1065-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1069-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-107-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-107-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-107-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1074-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1077-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1078-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1081-snapdragon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-109-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-109-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-109-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1091-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1091-oem, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12380, CVE-2019-16089, CVE-2019-19036, CVE-2019-19039, CVE-2019-19318, CVE-2019-19377, CVE-2019-19462, CVE-2019-19813, CVE-2019-19816, CVE-2020-10711, CVE-2020-12770, CVE-2020-13143

USN: 4414-1