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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2023.5799.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5799-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-oem-5.17, linux-oem-6.0' package(s) announced via the USN-5799-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-oem-5.17, linux-oem-6.0' package(s) announced via the USN-5799-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Kyle Zeng discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel
contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
'linux-oem-5.17, linux-oem-6.0' package(s) on Ubuntu 22.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-4378
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171289/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LNS-0092-1.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2152548
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-6.0/proc-avoid-integer-type-confusion-in-get_proc_long.patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-6.0/proc-proc_skip_spaces-shouldn-t-think-it-is-working-on-c-strings.patch
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q4/178
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