USN-3488-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3488-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3488-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3488-1

Related

Published

2017-11-21T18:15:58.028715Z

Modified

2017-11-21T18:15:58.028715Z

Summary

linux-azure vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / linux-azure

Package

Name: linux-azure
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.11.0-1015.15

Affected versions

4.*

4.11.0-1009.9

4.11.0-1011.11

4.11.0-1013.13

4.11.0-1014.14

Ecosystem specific

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
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            "binary_version": "4.11.0-1015.15",
            "binary_name": "linux-azure-cloud-tools-4.11.0-1015"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.0-1015.15",
            "binary_name": "linux-azure-cloud-tools-4.11.0-1015-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.0-1015.15",
            "binary_name": "linux-azure-headers-4.11.0-1015"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.0-1015.15",
            "binary_name": "linux-azure-tools-4.11.0-1015"
        },
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            "binary_name": "linux-azure-tools-4.11.0-1015-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.0-1015.15",
            "binary_name": "linux-cloud-tools-4.11.0-1015-azure"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.0-1015.15",
            "binary_name": "linux-headers-4.11.0-1015-azure"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.0-1015.15",
            "binary_name": "linux-image-4.11.0-1015-azure"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.0-1015.15",
            "binary_name": "linux-image-4.11.0-1015-azure-dbgsym"
        },
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-extra-4.11.0-1015-azure"
        },
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}