Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-3713 - Improper Access Control vulnerability in Linux Kernel

047910
CVSS 5.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
linux
CWE-284
nessus

Summary

The msr_mtrr_valid function in arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 supports MSR 0x2f8, which allows guest OS users to read or write to the kvm_arch_vcpu data structure, and consequently obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (system crash), via a crafted ioctl call.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
2344

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Signature Spoofing by Key Theft
    An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by theft and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.

Nessus

  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2018-4301.NASL
    descriptionDescription of changes: [2.6.39-400.304.1.el6uek] - mnt: Prevent pivot_root from creating a loop in the mount tree (Eric W. Biederman) [Orabug: 26575709] {CVE-2014-7970} {CVE-2014-7970} - vfs: more mnt_parent cleanups (Al Viro) [Orabug: 26575709] {CVE-2014-7970} - vfs: new internal helper: mnt_has_parent(mnt) (Al Viro) [Orabug: 26575709] {CVE-2014-7970} - ALSA: seq: Fix racy pool initializations (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 28459730] {CVE-2018-7566} - xen-netback: calculate full_coalesce before the pre-estimation of ring buffer slots to consume (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 28818690] - scsi: sg: allocate with __GFP_ZERO in sg_build_indirect() (Alexander Potapenko) [Orabug: 28892695] {CVE-2018-1000204} - KVM: MTRR: remove MSR 0x2f8 (Andy Honig) [Orabug: 28901711] {CVE-2016-3713} {CVE-2016-3713} - cdrom: fix improper type cast, which can leat to information leak. (Young_X) [Orabug: 28929788] {CVE-2018-16658} {CVE-2018-10940} {CVE-2018-18710} - udf: Check component length before reading it (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 28941923] {CVE-2014-9728} - udf: Verify symlink size before loading it (Shan Hai) [Orabug: 28941923] {CVE-2014-9728} - udf: Verify i_size when loading inode (Shan Hai) [Orabug: 28941923] {CVE-2014-9728} - floppy: Do not copy a kernel pointer to user memory in FDGETPRM ioctl (Andy Whitcroft) [Orabug: 28956549] {CVE-2018-7755} {CVE-2018-7755} - crypto: salsa20 - fix blkcipher_walk API usage (Eric Biggers) [Orabug: 28976586] {CVE-2017-17805} - crypto: hmac - require that the underlying hash algorithm is unkeyed (Eric Biggers) [Orabug: 28976655] {CVE-2017-17806}
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    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119567
    titleOracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4301)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
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    descriptionDavid Matlack discovered that the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict variable Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) in KVM guests. A privileged user in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host, expose sensitive information from the host, or possibly gain administrative privileges in the host. (CVE-2016-3713) Philip Pettersson discovered that the Linux kernel
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    plugin id91185
    published2016-05-17
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91185
    titleUbuntu 15.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2978-1)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2016-2363B37A98.NASL
    descriptionThe 4.4.11 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
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    plugin id92067
    published2016-07-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92067
    titleFedora 22 : kernel (2016-2363b37a98)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
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    plugin id91186
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    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91186
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-wily vulnerabilities (USN-2978-2)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2017-1842-1.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update for the kernel package(s).
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    plugin id102511
    published2017-08-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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    titleOracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842-1) (Stack Clash)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1450.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the kvm package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The msr_mtrr_valid function in arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 supports MSR 0x2f8, which allows guest OS users to read or write to the kvm_arch_vcpu data structure, and consequently obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (system crash), via a crafted ioctl call.(CVE-2016-3713) - Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur on x86 platform, when emulating an undefined instruction. An attacker could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS.(CVE-2016-8630) - Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support was vulnerable to an incorrect segment selector(SS) value error. The error could occur while loading values into the SS register in long mode. A user or process inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the guest, resulting in DoS or potentially escalate their privileges inside the guest.(CVE-2017-2583) - arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted application that leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor, fxsave, sgdt, and sidt.(CVE-2017-2584) - A reachable assertion failure flaw was found in the Linux kernel built with KVM virtualisation(CONFIG_KVM) support with Virtual Function I/O feature (CONFIG_VFIO) enabled. This failure could occur if a malicious guest device sent a virtual interrupt (guest IRQ) with a larger (i1/4z1024) index value.(CVE-2017-1000252) - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions (a commonly used performance optimization). There are three primary variants of the issue which differ in the way the speculative execution can be exploited. Variant CVE-2017-5715 triggers the speculative execution by utilizing branch target injection. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as the fact that memory accesses may cause allocation into the microprocessor
    last seen2020-03-19
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    plugin id124953
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    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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    titleEulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kvm (EulerOS-SA-2019-1450)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
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    descriptionUSN-2979-1 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. David Matlack discovered that the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict variable Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) in KVM guests. A privileged user in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host, expose sensitive information from the host, or possibly gain administrative privileges in the host. (CVE-2016-3713) Philip Pettersson discovered that the Linux kernel
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    plugin id91189
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    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91189
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities (USN-2979-2)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2016-06F1572324.NASL
    descriptionThe 4.5.5 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. ---- The 4.5.4 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. ---- The 4.5.3 stable rebase contains enhanced hardware support, additional features, and a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
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    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92055
    titleFedora 23 : kernel (2016-06f1572324)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1521.NASL
    descriptionAccording 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
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    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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    titleEulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1521)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2016-F8739A80B0.NASL
    descriptionThe 4.5.5 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
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    published2016-07-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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    titleFedora 24 : kernel (2016-f8739a80b0)
  • NASL familyNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
    NASL idNEWSTART_CGSL_NS-SA-2019-0004_KERNEL.NASL
    descriptionThe remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 5.04, has kernel packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - Multiple array index errors in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11 allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted device that provides an invalid Report ID. (CVE-2013-2888) - drivers/hid/hid-zpff.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_ZEROPLUS is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap- based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device. (CVE-2013-2889) - drivers/hid/hid-pl.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_PANTHERLORD is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap- based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device. (CVE-2013-2892) - The perf_trace_event_perm function in kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly restrict access to the perf subsystem, which allows local users to enable function tracing via a crafted application. (CVE-2013-2930) - Use-after-free vulnerability in the vhost_net_set_backend function in drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel through 3.10.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via vectors involving powering on a virtual machine. (CVE-2013-4127) - The udp_v6_push_pending_frames function in net/ipv6/udp.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.10.3 makes an incorrect function call for pending data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via a crafted application that uses the UDP_CORK option in a setsockopt system call. (CVE-2013-4162) - The ip6_append_data_mtu function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.10.3 does not properly maintain information about whether the IPV6_MTU setsockopt option had been specified, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via a crafted application that uses the UDP_CORK option in a setsockopt system call. (CVE-2013-4163) - Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing an invalid tuntap interface name in a TUNSETIFF ioctl call. (CVE-2013-4343) - The skb_flow_dissect function in net/core/flow_dissector.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a small value in the IHL field of a packet with IPIP encapsulation. (CVE-2013-4348) - The IPv6 SCTP implementation in net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.1 uses data structures and function calls that do not trigger an intended configuration of IPsec encryption, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network. (CVE-2013-4350) - net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.4 does not properly determine the need for UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) processing of small packets after the UFO queueing of a large packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via network traffic that triggers a large response packet. (CVE-2013-4387) - The udp6_ufo_fragment function in net/ipv6/udp_offload.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12, when UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) is enabled, does not properly perform a certain size comparison before inserting a fragment header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a large IPv6 UDP packet, as demonstrated by use of the Token Bucket Filter (TBF) queueing discipline. (CVE-2013-4563) - The ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations. (CVE-2013-4579) - Array index error in the kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a large id value. (CVE-2013-4587) - The apic_get_tmcct function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and host OS crash) via crafted modifications of the TMICT value. (CVE-2013-6367) - The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a VAPIC synchronization operation involving a page-end address. (CVE-2013-6368) - The recalculate_apic_map function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a crafted ICR write operation in x2apic mode. (CVE-2013-6376) - The lbs_debugfs_write function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by leveraging root privileges for a zero-length write operation. (CVE-2013-6378) - The aac_send_raw_srb function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 does not properly validate a certain size value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an FSACTL_SEND_RAW_SRB ioctl call that triggers a crafted SRB command. (CVE-2013-6380) - Multiple buffer underflows in the XFS implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for a (1) XFS_IOC_ATTRLIST_BY_HANDLE or (2) XFS_IOC_ATTRLIST_BY_HANDLE_32 ioctl call with a crafted length value, related to the xfs_attrlist_by_handle function in fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c and the xfs_compat_attrlist_by_handle function in fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c. (CVE-2013-6382) - Multiple race conditions in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that uses shmctl IPC_RMID operations in conjunction with other shm system calls. (CVE-2013-7026) - The mISDN_sock_recvmsg function in drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not ensure that a certain length value is consistent with the size of an associated data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call. (CVE-2013-7266) - The atalk_recvmsg function in net/appletalk/ddp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value without ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call. (CVE-2013-7267) - The ipx_recvmsg function in net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value without ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call. (CVE-2013-7268) - The nr_recvmsg function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value without ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call. (CVE-2013-7269) - The packet_recvmsg function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value before ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call. (CVE-2013-7270) - The x25_recvmsg function in net/x25/af_x25.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value without ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call. (CVE-2013-7271) - Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid memory copy affecting certain cancel_work_item data. (CVE-2014-0049) - The get_rx_bufs function in drivers/vhost/net.c in the vhost-net subsystem in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-431.11.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle vhost_get_vq_desc errors, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2014-0055) - The cifs_iovec_write function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.5 does not properly handle uncached write operations that copy fewer than the requested number of bytes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash), or possibly gain privileges via a writev system call with a crafted pointer. (CVE-2014-0069) - drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.10, when mergeable buffers are disabled, does not properly validate packet lengths, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host OS crash) or possibly gain privileges on the host OS via crafted packets, related to the handle_rx and get_rx_bufs functions. (CVE-2014-0077) - Race condition in the inet_frag_intern function in net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free error) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large series of fragmented ICMP Echo Request packets to a system with a heavy CPU load. (CVE-2014-0100) - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel processed an authenticated COOKIE_ECHO chunk during the initialization of an SCTP connection. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by initiating a specially crafted SCTP handshake in order to trigger a NULL pointer dereference on the system. (CVE-2014-0101) - The keyring_detect_cycle_iterator function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly determine whether keyrings are identical, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands. (CVE-2014-0102) - Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation. (CVE-2014-0131) - The ioapic_deliver function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 does not properly validate the kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic return value, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a crafted entry in the redirection table of an I/O APIC. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the ioapic_service function before the vulnerability was announced. (CVE-2014-0155) - The restore_fpu_checking function in arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 on the AMD K7 and K8 platforms does not clear pending exceptions before proceeding to an EMMS instruction, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (task kill) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-1438) - The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by establishing an IRC DCC session in which incorrect packet data is transmitted during use of the NAT mangle feature. (CVE-2014-1690) - The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. (CVE-2014-2309) - net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 uses a DCCP header pointer incorrectly, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a DCCP packet that triggers a call to the (1) dccp_new, (2) dccp_packet, or (3) dccp_error function. (CVE-2014-2523) - It was found that the try_to_unmap_cluster() function in the Linux kernel
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    titleNewStart CGSL MAIN 5.04 : kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0004)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
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    descriptionDavid Matlack discovered that the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict variable Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) in KVM guests. A privileged user in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host, expose sensitive information from the host, or possibly gain administrative privileges in the host. (CVE-2016-3713) Philip Pettersson discovered that the Linux kernel
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    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2979-1)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2018-4300.NASL
    descriptionDescription of changes: kernel-uek [3.8.13-118.28.1.el7uek] - udf: Check component length before reading it (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 21193696] {CVE-2014-9728} - udf: Verify i_size when loading inode (Shan Hai) [Orabug: 21193696] {CVE-2014-9728} - intel_pstate: Fix overflow in busy_scaled due to long delay (mridula shastry) [Orabug: 28005134] - scsi: libsas: defer ata device eh commands to libata (Jason Yan) [Orabug: 28459689] {CVE-2018-10021} - nfsd: silence sparse warning about accessing credentials (Jeff Layton) [Orabug: 28824742] {CVE-2017-13168} - scsi: sg: mitigate read/write abuse (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 28824742] {CVE-2017-13168} - scsi: sg: allocate with __GFP_ZERO in sg_build_indirect() (Alexander Potapenko) [Orabug: 28892683] {CVE-2018-1000204} - ALSA: rawmidi: Change resized buffers atomically (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 28898650] {CVE-2018-10902} - KVM: MTRR: remove MSR 0x2f8 (Andy Honig) [Orabug: 28901657] {CVE-2016-3713} {CVE-2016-3713} - cdrom: fix improper type cast, which can leat to information leak. (Young_X) [Orabug: 28929777] {CVE-2018-16658} {CVE-2018-10940} {CVE-2018-18710} - floppy: Do not copy a kernel pointer to user memory in FDGETPRM ioctl (Andy Whitcroft) {CVE-2018-7755} {CVE-2018-7755} - crypto: salsa20 - fix blkcipher_walk API usage (Eric Biggers) [Orabug: 28976585] {CVE-2017-17805} - crypto: hmac - require that the underlying hash algorithm is unkeyed (Eric Biggers) [Orabug: 28976654] {CVE-2017-17806}
    last seen2020-05-15
    modified2018-12-10
    plugin id119535
    published2018-12-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119535
    titleOracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4300)