Ubuntu 17.04 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3419-1) (BlueBorne)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103321

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the Bluetooth stack of the Linux kernel when handling L2CAP configuration responses.
A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-1000251)

It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7541).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3419-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103321

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3419-1.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/19/2017

Updated: 1/12/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.10-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.10-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.10-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.10-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-raspi2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000251, CVE-2017-7541

USN: 3419-1