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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.843926
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3903-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2' package(s) announced via the USN-3903-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2' package(s) announced via the USN-3903-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Jason Wang discovered that the vhost net driver in the Linux kernel
contained an out of bounds write vulnerability. An attacker in a guest
virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (host system
crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host kernel.
(CVE-2018-16880)

Jann Horn discovered that the userfaultd implementation in the Linux kernel
did not properly restrict access to certain ioctls. A local attacker could
use this possibly to modify files. (CVE-2018-18397)

Jann Horn discovered a race condition in the fork() system call in the
Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to gain access to services
that cache authorizations. (CVE-2019-6133)

Affected Software/OS:
'linux, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2' package(s) on Ubuntu 18.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-16880
106735
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106735
USN-3903-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-1/
USN-3903-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-2/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16880
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K03593314
openSUSE-SU-2019:1404
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00037.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-18397
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=29ec90660d68bbdd69507c1c8b4e33aa299278b1
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1700
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.87
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.7
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/29ec90660d68bbdd69507c1c8b4e33aa299278b1
RedHat Security Advisories: RHBA-2019:0327
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0163
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0163
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0202
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0202
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0324
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0324
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0831
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0831
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-2/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-6133
BugTraq ID: 106537
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106537
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1692
https://git.kernel.org/linus/7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/commit/c898fdf4b1aafaa04f8ada9d73d77c8bb76e2f81
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/merge_requests/19
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00041.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00042.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0230
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0230
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0420
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0420
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0832
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0832
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2699
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2699
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2978
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2978
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1914 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00049.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3908-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3908-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-2/
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