Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842048
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2463-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-2463-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-2463-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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) Affected Software/OS: 'linux' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-7842 62305 http://secunia.com/advisories/62305 62326 http://secunia.com/advisories/62326 62336 http://secunia.com/advisories/62336 71078 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71078 RHSA-2016:0855 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html SUSE-SU-2015:0481 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html SUSE-SU-2015:0652 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html SUSE-SU-2015:0736 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html [oss-security] 20141113 CVE-2014-7842 Linux kernel: kvm: reporting emulation failures to userspace http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/7 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2b9e6c1a35afcc0973acb72e591c714e78885ff http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163762 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2b9e6c1a35afcc0973acb72e591c714e78885ff https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4 openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8369 BugTraq ID: 70747 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70747 BugTraq ID: 70749 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70749 Debian Security Information: DSA-3093 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3093 https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/24/460 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/7 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0674 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0481 (Google Search) SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (Google Search) SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (Google Search)
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