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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842525
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2806-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-lts-vivid' package(s) announced via the USN-2806-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-lts-vivid' package(s) announced via the USN-2806-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Ben Serebrin discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly catch Alignment Check exceptions. An attacker in a
guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) in the host OS.

Affected Software/OS:
'linux-lts-vivid' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04.

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-2015-5307
1034105
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034105
77528
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77528
DSA-3396
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396
DSA-3414
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
DSA-3454
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454
FEDORA-2015-394835a3f6
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172435.html
FEDORA-2015-668d213dc3
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172300.html
FEDORA-2015-f150b2a8c8
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172187.html
RHSA-2015:2636
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html
RHSA-2015:2645
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.html
RHSA-2016:0046
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0046.html
SUSE-SU-2015:2108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html
SUSE-SU-2015:2194
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
SUSE-SU-2015:2339
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html
SUSE-SU-2015:2350
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html
SUSE-SU-2016:0354
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html
SUSE-SU-2016:2074
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
USN-2800-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2800-1
USN-2801-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2801-1
USN-2802-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2802-1
USN-2803-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2803-1
USN-2804-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2804-1
USN-2805-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2805-1
USN-2806-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2806-1
USN-2807-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2807-1
[oss-security] 20151110 Re: CVE-2015-5307 kernel: kvm: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #AC exception
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/6
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202583
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277172
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
openSUSE-SU-2015:2232
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html
openSUSE-SU-2015:2250
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
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