Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-8369 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2015-1272.NASL description The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update for one or more kernel-related packages. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 85097 published 2015-07-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/85097 title Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2015-1272) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2015-1272. # if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0); include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(85097); script_version("2.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/09/17 21:46:53"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2011-5321", "CVE-2012-6657", "CVE-2014-3184", "CVE-2014-3185", "CVE-2014-3215", "CVE-2014-3610", "CVE-2014-3611", "CVE-2014-3645", "CVE-2014-3646", "CVE-2014-3673", "CVE-2014-3687", "CVE-2014-3688", "CVE-2014-3690", "CVE-2014-3940", "CVE-2014-4652", "CVE-2014-4656", "CVE-2014-5471", "CVE-2014-5472", "CVE-2014-6410", "CVE-2014-7822", "CVE-2014-7825", "CVE-2014-7826", "CVE-2014-7841", "CVE-2014-8133", "CVE-2014-8159", "CVE-2014-8369", "CVE-2014-8709", "CVE-2014-8884", "CVE-2014-9322", "CVE-2014-9419", "CVE-2014-9420", "CVE-2014-9529", "CVE-2014-9584", "CVE-2014-9585", "CVE-2014-9683", "CVE-2015-0239", "CVE-2015-1593", "CVE-2015-1805", "CVE-2015-2830", "CVE-2015-2922", "CVE-2015-3331", "CVE-2015-3339", "CVE-2015-3636" ); 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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-doc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/07/30"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-2.6.32-573.el6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.el6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.el6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.el6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.el6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.el6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.el6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.el6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"perf-2.6.32-573.el6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"python-perf-2.6.32-573.el6")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2448-1.NASL description An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the kernel. (CVE-2014-8134) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-7826) A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3673) A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-3687) It was discovered that excessive queuing by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel can cause memory pressure. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell Kinglaw discovered a flaw in how the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel handles private systecall numbers. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or bypass ASLR protections via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825) Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in how the Linux kernel handles pivot_root when used with a chroot directory. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop). (CVE-2014-7970) Dmitry Monakhov discovered a race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function of the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80034 published 2014-12-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80034 title Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2448-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2448-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered # trademark of Canonical, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80034); script_version("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:31"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3673", "CVE-2014-3687", "CVE-2014-3688", "CVE-2014-7825", "CVE-2014-7826", "CVE-2014-7970", "CVE-2014-8086", "CVE-2014-8134", "CVE-2014-8369", "CVE-2014-9090"); script_bugtraq_id(70319, 70376, 70749, 70766, 70768, 70883, 70971, 70972, 71250); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"2448-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2448-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the kernel. (CVE-2014-8134) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-7826) A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3673) A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-3687) It was discovered that excessive queuing by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel can cause memory pressure. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell Kinglaw discovered a flaw in how the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel handles private systecall numbers. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or bypass ASLR protections via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825) Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in how the Linux kernel handles pivot_root when used with a chroot directory. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop). (CVE-2014-7970) Dmitry Monakhov discovered a race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function of the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (file unavailability). (CVE-2014-8086) The KVM (kernel virtual machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel miscalculates the number of memory pages during the handling of a mapping failure. A guest OS user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. (CVE-2014-8369) Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register on the x86 architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-9090). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/2448-1/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected linux-image-3.16-generic, linux-image-3.16-generic-lpae and / or linux-image-3.16-lowlatency packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16-generic"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16-generic-lpae"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.16-lowlatency"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/10/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("ubuntu.inc"); include("ksplice.inc"); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release"); if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu"); release = chomp(release); if (! preg(pattern:"^(14\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 14.10", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu); if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves")) { rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r"); cve_list = make_list("CVE-2014-3673", "CVE-2014-3687", "CVE-2014-3688", "CVE-2014-7825", "CVE-2014-7826", "CVE-2014-7970", "CVE-2014-8086", "CVE-2014-8134", "CVE-2014-8369", "CVE-2014-9090"); if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list)) { audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for USN-2448-1"); } else { _ubuntu_report = ksplice_reporting_text(); } } flag = 0; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.10", pkgname:"linux-image-3.16.0-28-generic", pkgver:"3.16.0-28.37")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.10", pkgname:"linux-image-3.16.0-28-generic-lpae", pkgver:"3.16.0-28.37")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.10", pkgname:"linux-image-3.16.0-28-lowlatency", pkgver:"3.16.0-28.37")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : ubuntu_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "linux-image-3.16-generic / linux-image-3.16-generic-lpae / etc"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-13773.NASL description More KVM CVE fixes. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-10-29 plugin id 78716 published 2014-10-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78716 title Fedora 20 : kernel-3.16.6-203.fc20 (2014-13773) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-13773. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(78716); script_version("1.6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3610", "CVE-2014-3611", "CVE-2014-3646", "CVE-2014-8369"); script_bugtraq_id(70742, 70743, 70745, 70749); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-13773"); script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : kernel-3.16.6-203.fc20 (2014-13773)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "More KVM CVE fixes. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144825" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144878" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144883" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156518" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141478.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a2236341" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected kernel package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/10/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/10/29"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC20", reference:"kernel-3.16.6-203.fc20")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel"); }
NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2015-0674.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2015:0674 : Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. * It was found that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 81766 published 2015-03-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81766 title Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2015-0674) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2445-1.NASL description An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the kernel. (CVE-2014-8134) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-7826) A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3673) A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-3687) It was discovered that excessive queuing by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel can cause memory pressure. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell Kinglaw discovered a flaw in how the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel handles private systecall numbers. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or bypass ASLR protections via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825) The KVM (kernel virtual machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel miscalculates the number of memory pages during the handling of a mapping failure. A guest OS user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. (CVE-2014-8369) Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register on the x86 architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-9090). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80031 published 2014-12-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80031 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2445-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-14126.NASL description Linux v3.17.2. A wide variety of fixes across the tree. Even more KVM CVE fixes CVE fixes for KVM and SCTP. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-11-03 plugin id 78814 published 2014-11-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78814 title Fedora 21 : kernel-3.17.2-300.fc21 (2014-14126) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1483.NASL description According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel last seen 2020-03-19 modified 2019-05-13 plugin id 124807 published 2019-05-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124807 title EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1483) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20150311_KERNEL_ON_SL6_X.NASL description - It was found that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2015-03-13 plugin id 81809 published 2015-03-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81809 title Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150311) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2447-1.NASL description An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the kernel. (CVE-2014-8134) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-7826) A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3673) A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-3687) It was discovered that excessive queuing by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel can cause memory pressure. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell Kinglaw discovered a flaw in how the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel handles private systecall numbers. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or bypass ASLR protections via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825) Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in how the Linux kernel handles pivot_root when used with a chroot directory. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop). (CVE-2014-7970) Dmitry Monakhov discovered a race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function of the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80033 published 2014-12-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80033 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities (USN-2447-1) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2015-0674.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. * It was found that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 81792 published 2015-03-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81792 title CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2015:0674) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_KERNEL-150306.NASL description The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 kernel has been updated to receive various security and bugfixes. New features enabled : - The Ceph and rbd remote network block device drivers are now enabled and supported, to serve as client for SUSE Enterprise Storage 1.0. (FATE#318328) - Support to selected Bay Trail CPUs used in Point of Service Hardware was enabled. (FATE#317933) - Broadwell Legacy Audio, HDMI Audio and DisplayPort Audio support (Audio Driver: HD-A HDMI/DP Audio/HDA Analog/DSP) was enabled. (FATE#317347) The following security bugs have been fixed : - An integer overflow in the stack randomization on 64-bit systems lead to less effective stack ASLR on those systems. (bsc#917839). (CVE-2015-1593) - iptables rules could be bypassed if the specific network protocol module was not loaded, allowing e.g. SCTP to bypass the firewall if the sctp protocol was not enabled. (bsc#913059). (CVE-2014-8160) - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernels splice() system call validated its parameters. On certain file systems, a local, unprivileged user could have used this flaw to write past the maximum file size, and thus crash the system. (bnc#915322). (CVE-2014-7822) - The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that Thread Local Storage (TLS) descriptors are loaded before proceeding with other steps, which made it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a TLS base address. (bnc#911326). (CVE-2014-9419) - The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel did not validate a length value in the Extensions Reference (ER) System Use Field, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted iso9660 image. (bnc#912654). (CVE-2014-9584) - The vdso_addr function in arch/x86/vdso/vma.c in the Linux kernel did not properly choose memory locations for the vDSO area, which made it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by guessing a location at the end of a PMD. (bnc#912705). (CVE-2014-9585) - The d_walk function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly maintain the semantics of rename_lock, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) via a crafted application. (bnc#903640). (CVE-2014-8559) - The rock_continue function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict the number of Rock Ridge continuation entries, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and system crash or hang) via a crafted iso9660 image (bsc#911325). (CVE-2014-9420) - The paravirt_ops_setup function in arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c in the Linux kernel used an improper paravirt_enabled setting for KVM guest kernels, which made it easier for guest OS users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a 16-bit value (bnc#907818 909077 909078). (CVE-2014-8134) - The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel miscalculated the number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601 (bsc#902675). (CVE-2014-8369) - arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel on Intel processors did not ensure that the value in the CR4 control register remains the same after a VM entry, which allowed host OS users to kill arbitrary processes or cause a denial of service (system disruption) by leveraging /dev/kvm access, as demonstrated by PR_SET_TSC prctl calls within a modified copy of QEMU. (bnc#902232). (CVE-2014-3690) - Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313. (bnc#905312). (CVE-2014-7842) - The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not provide a mechanism for authorizing socket operations based on the opener of a socket, which allowed local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify network configurations by using a Netlink socket for the (1) stdout or (2) stderr of a setuid program. (bnc#875051). (CVE-2014-0181) - The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering a large number of chunks in an associations output queue, as demonstrated by ASCONF probes, related to net/sctp/inqueue.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c. (bnc#902351). (CVE-2014-3688) - The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel did not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call. (bnc#900644). (CVE-2014-7970) - The sctp_assoc_lookup_asconf_ack function in net/sctp/associola.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via duplicate ASCONF chunks that trigger an incorrect uncork within the side-effect interpreter. (bnc#902349, bnc#904899). (CVE-2014-3687) The following non-security bugs have been fixed : - ACPI idle: permit sparse C-state sub-state numbers (bnc#908550,FATE#317933). - ALSA : hda - not use assigned converters for all unused pins (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda - Add Device IDs for Intel Wildcat Point-LP PCH (FATE#317347). - ALSA: hda - Fix onboard audio on Intel H97/Z97 chipsets (FATE#317347). - ALSA: hda - add PCI IDs for Intel BayTrail (FATE#317347). - ALSA: hda - add PCI IDs for Intel Braswell (FATE#317347). - ALSA: hda - add codec ID for Braswell display audio codec (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda - add codec ID for Broadwell display audio codec (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda - add codec ID for Valleyview2 display codec (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda - define is_haswell() to check if a display audio codec is Haswell (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda - hdmi: Re-setup pin and infoframe on plug-in on all codecs (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda - not choose assigned converters for unused pins of Valleyview (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda - rename function not_share_unassigned_cvt() (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda - unmute pin amplifier in infoframe setup for Haswell (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda - verify pin:converter connection on unsol event for HSW and VLV (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda - verify pin:cvt connection on preparing a stream for Intel HDMI codec (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda/hdmi - apply Valleyview fix-ups to Cherryview display codec (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda/hdmi - apply all Haswell fix-ups to Broadwell display codec (FATE#317933). - ALSA: hda_intel: Add Device IDs for Intel Sunrise Point PCH (FATE#317347). - ALSA: hda_intel: Add DeviceIDs for Sunrise Point-LP (FATE#317347). - Add support for AdvancedSilicon HID multitouch screen (2149:36b1) (FATE#317933). - Disable switching to bootsplash at oops/panic. (bnc#877593) - Do not trigger congestion wait on dirty-but-not-writeout pages (VM Performance, bnc#909093, bnc#910517). - Fix HDIO_DRIVE_* ioctl() regression. (bnc#833588, bnc#905799) - Fix Module.supported handling for external modules. (bnc#905304) - Fix zero freq if frequency is requested too quickly in a row. (bnc#908572) - Fix zero freq if frequency is requested too quickly in a row. (bnc#908572) - Fixup kABI after patches.fixes/writeback-do-not-sync-data-dirtied-after-s ync-start.patch. (bnc#833820) - Force native backlight for HP POS machines (bnc#908551,FATE#317933). - HID: use multi input quirk for 22b9:2968 (FATE#317933). - IPoIB: Use a private hash table for path lookup in xmit path (bsc#907196). - Import kabi files from kernel 3.0.101-0.40 - KEYS: Fix stale key registration at error path. (bnc#908163) - NFS: Add sequence_priviliged_ops for nfs4_proc_sequence(). (bnc#864401) - NFS: do not use STABLE writes during writeback. (bnc#816099) - NFSv4.1 handle DS stateid errors. (bnc#864401) - NFSv4.1: Do not decode skipped layoutgets. (bnc#864411) - NFSv4.1: Fix a race in the pNFS return-on-close code. (bnc#864409) - NFSv4.1: Fix an ABBA locking issue with session and state serialisation. (bnc#864409) - NFSv4.1: We must release the sequence id when we fail to get a session slot. (bnc#864401) - NFSv4: Do not accept delegated opens when a delegation recall is in effect. (bnc#864409) - NFSv4: Ensure correct locking when accessing the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 82020 published 2015-03-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82020 title SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux Kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 10412 / 10415 / 10416) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2015-3013.NASL description Description of changes: kernel-uek [3.8.13-55.1.8.el7uek] - kvm: fix excessive pages un-pinning in kvm_iommu_map error path. (Quentin Casasnovas) [Orabug: 20687313] {CVE-2014-3601} {CVE-2014-8369} {CVE-2014-3601} [3.8.13-55.1.7.el7uek] - ttusb-dec: buffer overflow in ioctl (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 20673376] {CVE-2014-8884} - mm: Fix NULL pointer dereference in madvise(MADV_WILLNEED) support (Kirill A. Shutemov) [Orabug: 20673281] {CVE-2014-8173} - netfilter: conntrack: disable generic tracking for known protocols (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 20673239] {CVE-2014-8160} - tracing/syscalls: Ignore numbers outside NR_syscalls last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 81871 published 2015-03-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81871 title Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3013) NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2015-0034.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - kvm: fix excessive pages un-pinning in kvm_iommu_map error path. (Quentin Casasnovas) [Orabug: 20687313] (CVE-2014-3601) (CVE-2014-8369) (CVE-2014-3601) - ttusb-dec: buffer overflow in ioctl (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 20673376] (CVE-2014-8884) - mm: Fix NULL pointer dereference in madvise(MADV_WILLNEED) support (Kirill A. Shutemov) [Orabug: 20673281] (CVE-2014-8173) - netfilter: conntrack: disable generic tracking for known protocols (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 20673239] (CVE-2014-8160) - tracing/syscalls: Ignore numbers outside NR_syscalls last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 81904 published 2015-03-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81904 title OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0034) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2446-1.NASL description An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the kernel. (CVE-2014-8134) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-7826) A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3673) A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-3687) It was discovered that excessive queuing by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel can cause memory pressure. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell Kinglaw discovered a flaw in how the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel handles private systecall numbers. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or bypass ASLR protections via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825) The KVM (kernel virtual machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel miscalculates the number of memory pages during the handling of a mapping failure. A guest OS user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. (CVE-2014-8369) Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register on the x86 architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-9090). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80032 published 2014-12-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80032 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2446-1) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1521.NASL description According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lacked certain checks for the end of a buffer. A remote attacker could trigger a pointer-arithmetic error or possibly cause other unspecified impacts using crafted requests related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.(CVE-2017-7895i1/4%0 - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-03-19 modified 2019-05-14 plugin id 124974 published 2019-05-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124974 title EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1521) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2015-0481-1.NASL description The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 LTSS kernel has been updated to fix security issues on kernels on the x86_64 architecture. The following security bugs have been fixed : - CVE-2012-4398: The __request_module function in kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4 did not set a certain killable attribute, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted application (bnc#779488). - CVE-2013-2893: The Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_LOGITECH_FF, CONFIG_LOGIG940_FF, or CONFIG_LOGIWHEELS_FF is enabled, allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-lgff.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-lg3ff.c, and (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg4ff.c (bnc#835839). - CVE-2013-2897: Multiple array index errors in drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH is enabled, allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption, or NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted device (bnc#835839). - CVE-2013-2899: drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_PICOLCD is enabled, allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted device (bnc#835839). - CVE-2013-2929: The Linux kernel before 3.12.2 did not properly use the get_dumpable function, which allowed local users to bypass intended ptrace restrictions or obtain sensitive information from IA64 scratch registers via a crafted application, related to kernel/ptrace.c and arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h (bnc#847652). - CVE-2013-7263: The Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates certain length values before ensuring that associated data structures have been initialized, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call, related to net/ipv4/ping.c, net/ipv4/raw.c, net/ipv4/udp.c, net/ipv6/raw.c, and net/ipv6/udp.c (bnc#857643). - CVE-2014-0131: Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allowed attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation (bnc#867723). - CVE-2014-0181: The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 did not provide a mechanism for authorizing socket operations based on the opener of a socket, which allowed local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify network configurations by using a Netlink socket for the (1) stdout or (2) stderr of a setuid program (bnc#875051). - CVE-2014-2309: The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 did not properly count the addition of routes, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets (bnc#867531). - CVE-2014-3181: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the magicmouse_raw_event function in drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c in the Magic Mouse HID driver in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3 allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted device that provides a large amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with an event (bnc#896382). - CVE-2014-3184: The report_fixup functions in the HID subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 might have allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device that provides a small report descriptor, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c, (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c, (5) drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6) drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c (bnc#896390). - CVE-2014-3185: Multiple buffer overflows in the command_port_read_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Whiteheat USB Serial Driver in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 allowed physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) via a crafted device that provides a large amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with a bulk response (bnc#896391). - CVE-2014-3186: Buffer overflow in the picolcd_raw_event function in devices/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c in the PicoLCD HID device driver in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3, as used in Android on Nexus 7 devices, allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted device that sends a large report (bnc#896392). - CVE-2014-3601: The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allowed guest OS users to (1) cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a large gfn value or (2) cause a denial of service (host OS memory consumption) by triggering a small gfn value that leads to permanently pinned pages (bnc#892782). - CVE-2014-3610: The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not properly handle the writing of a non-canonical address to a model-specific register, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging guest OS privileges, related to the wrmsr_interception function in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c and the handle_wrmsr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c (bnc#899192). - CVE-2014-3646: arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not have an exit handler for the INVVPID instruction, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application (bnc#899192). - CVE-2014-3647: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not properly perform RIP changes, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application (bnc#899192). - CVE-2014-3673: The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c (bnc#902346). - CVE-2014-3687: The sctp_assoc_lookup_asconf_ack function in net/sctp/associola.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via duplicate ASCONF chunks that trigger an incorrect uncork within the side-effect interpreter (bnc#902349). - CVE-2014-3688: The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering a large number of chunks in an associations output queue, as demonstrated by ASCONF probes, related to net/sctp/inqueue.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c (bnc#902351). - CVE-2014-3690: arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors did not ensure that the value in the CR4 control register remains the same after a VM entry, which allowed host OS users to kill arbitrary processes or cause a denial of service (system disruption) by leveraging /dev/kvm access, as demonstrated by PR_SET_TSC prctl calls within a modified copy of QEMU (bnc#902232). - CVE-2014-4608: Multiple integer overflows in the lzo1x_decompress_safe function in lib/lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c in the LZO decompressor in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Literal Run (bnc#883948). - CVE-2014-4943: The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allowed local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket (bnc#887082). - CVE-2014-5471: Stack consumption vulnerability in the parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allowed local users to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled recursion, and system crash or reboot) via a crafted iso9660 image with a CL entry referring to a directory entry that has a CL entry (bnc#892490). - CVE-2014-5472: The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allowed local users to cause a denial of service (unkillable mount process) via a crafted iso9660 image with a self-referential CL entry (bnc#892490). - CVE-2014-7826: kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not properly handle private syscall numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application (bnc#904013). - CVE-2014-7841: The sctp_process_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4, when ASCONF is used, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a malformed INIT chunk (bnc#905100). - CVE-2014-7842: Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313 (bnc#905312). - CVE-2014-8134: The paravirt_ops_setup function in arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18 uses an improper paravirt_enabled setting for KVM guest kernels, which made it easier for guest OS users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a 16-bit value (bnc#909078). - CVE-2014-8369: The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601 (bnc#902675). - CVE-2014-8559: The d_walk function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not properly maintain the semantics of rename_lock, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) via a crafted application (bnc#903640). - CVE-2014-8709: The ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 did not properly maintain a certain tail pointer, which allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by reading packets (bnc#904700). - CVE-2014-9584: The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 did not validate a length value in the Extensions Reference (ER) System Use Field, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted iso9660 image (bnc#912654). - CVE-2014-9585: The vdso_addr function in arch/x86/vdso/vma.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2 did not properly choose memory locations for the vDSO area, which made it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by guessing a location at the end of a PMD (bnc#912705). The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 83696 published 2015-05-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83696 title SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2447-2.NASL description USN-2447-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated regression TCP Throughput drops to zero for several drivers after upgrading. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the kernel. (CVE-2014-8134) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-7826) A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3673) A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-3687) It was discovered that excessive queuing by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel can cause memory pressure. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell Kinglaw discovered a flaw in how the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel handles private systecall numbers. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or bypass ASLR protections via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825) Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in how the Linux kernel handles pivot_root when used with a chroot directory. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop). (CVE-2014-7970) Dmitry Monakhov discovered a race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function of the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80167 published 2014-12-22 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80167 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic regression (USN-2447-2) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2448-2.NASL description USN-2448-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated regression TCP Throughput drops to zero for several drivers after upgrading. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the kernel. (CVE-2014-8134) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-7826) A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3673) A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-3687) It was discovered that excessive queuing by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel can cause memory pressure. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688) Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell Kinglaw discovered a flaw in how the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel handles private systecall numbers. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or bypass ASLR protections via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825) Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in how the Linux kernel handles pivot_root when used with a chroot directory. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop). (CVE-2014-7970) Dmitry Monakhov discovered a race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function of the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80168 published 2014-12-22 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80168 title Ubuntu 14.10 : linux regression (USN-2448-2) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3093.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation : - CVE-2014-7841 Liu Wei of Red Hat discovered that a SCTP server doing ASCONF will panic on malformed INIT chunks by triggering a NULL pointer dereference. - CVE-2014-8369 A flaw was discovered in the way iommu mapping failures were handled in the kvm_iommu_map_pages() function in the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have other unspecified impact on the host OS. - CVE-2014-8884 A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the TechnoTrend/Hauppauge DEC USB driver. A local user with write access to the corresponding device could use this flaw to crash the kernel or, potentially, elevate their privileges. - CVE-2014-9090 Andy Lutomirski discovered that the do_double_fault function in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic). last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-12-09 plugin id 79807 published 2014-12-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79807 title Debian DSA-3093-1 : linux - security update NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2463-1.NASL description A race condition with MMIO and PIO transactions in the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel was discovered. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a specially crafted application. (CVE-2014-7842) The KVM (kernel virtual machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel miscalculates the number of memory pages during the handling of a mapping failure. A guest OS user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. (CVE-2014-8369). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80511 published 2015-01-14 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2015-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80511 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2463-1) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2015-0674.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. * It was found that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 81769 published 2015-03-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81769 title RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2015:0674) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2014-230.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux kernel : The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle the writing of a non-canonical address to a model-specific register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging guest OS privileges, related to the wrmsr_interception function in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c and the handle_wrmsr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c (CVE-2014-3610). Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation (CVE-2014-3611). arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not have an exit handler for the INVEPT instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application (CVE-2014-3645). arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not have an exit handler for the INVVPID instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application (CVE-2014-3646). arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly perform RIP changes, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application (CVE-2014-3647). The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c (CVE-2014-3673). The sctp_assoc_lookup_asconf_ack function in net/sctp/associola.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via duplicate ASCONF chunks that trigger an incorrect uncork within the side-effect interpreter (CVE-2014-3687). arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors does not ensure that the value in the CR4 control register remains the same after a VM entry, which allows host OS users to kill arbitrary processes or cause a denial of service (system disruption) by leveraging /dev/kvm access, as demonstrated by PR_SET_TSC prctl calls within a modified copy of QEMU (CVE-2014-3690). kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall numbers during use of the perf subsystem, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and OOPS) or bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application (CVE-2014-7825). kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application (CVE-2014-7826). The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call (CVE-2014-7970). The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601 (CVE-2014-8369). The updated packages provides a solution for these security issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 79610 published 2014-11-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79610 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2014:230) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2015-3014.NASL description Description of changes: [2.6.39-400.248.3.el6uek] - kvm: fix excessive pages un-pinning in kvm_iommu_map error path. (Quentin Casasnovas) [Orabug: 20687314] {CVE-2014-3601} {CVE-2014-8369} {CVE-2014-3601} - Revert last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 81872 published 2015-03-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81872 title Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3014) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-14068.NASL description The 3.14.23 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Various security fixes for KVM and SCTP Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-11-17 plugin id 79258 published 2014-11-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79258 title Fedora 19 : kernel-3.14.23-100.fc19 (2014-14068)
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156518
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/7
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/24/460
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3d32e4dbe71374a6780eaf51d719d76f9a9bf22f
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62326
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70749
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62336
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3093
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70747
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3d32e4dbe71374a6780eaf51d719d76f9a9bf22f