Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2025.7455.5
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-7455-5)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-aws-5.15' package(s) announced via the USN-7455-5 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-aws-5.15' package(s) announced via the USN-7455-5 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Jann Horn discovered that the watch_queue event notification subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2022-0995) Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes driver, - Network drivers, - File systems infrastructure, - NTFS3 file system, - Ethernet bridge, - Ethtool driver, - IPv6 networking, - Network traffic control, - VMware vSockets driver, (CVE-2024-26837, CVE-2025-21993, CVE-2025-21702, CVE-2024-50248, CVE-2024-46826, CVE-2024-50256, CVE-2025-21703, CVE-2025-21700, CVE-2025-21756, CVE-2025-21701, CVE-2024-56651) Affected Software/OS: 'linux-aws-5.15' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-0995 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166770/Linux-watch_queue-Filter-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166815/Watch-Queue-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2063786 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93ce93587d36493f2f86921fa79921b3cba63fbb Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-26837 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d5b4b3376fa146a23917b8577064906d643925f https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/603be95437e7fd85ba694e75918067fb9e7754db https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc489f86257cab5056e747344f17a164f63bff4b https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b4c5b1d760008f1dd18c07c35af0442e54f9c8 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-46826 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-50248 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-50256 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-56651 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2025-21700 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2025-21701 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2025-21702 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2025-21703 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2025-21756 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2025-21993
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