CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
A flaw was found in how the Linux kernelβs KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) subsystem handled MSI (Message Signaled Interrupts). A local unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service or potentially elevate privileges.
# This script was automatically generated from Ubuntu Security
# Notice USN-1609-1. It is released under the Nessus Script
# Licence.
#
# Ubuntu Security Notices are (C) Canonical, Inc.
# See http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/
# Ubuntu(R) is a registered trademark of Canonical, Inc.
if (!defined_func("bn_random")) exit(0);
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(62546);
script_version("$Revision: 1.3 $");
script_cvs_date("$Date: 2016/12/01 20:56:51 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2137");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"1609-1");
script_name(english:"USN-1609-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package(s)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel's KVM (Kernel-based Virtual
Machine) subsystem handled MSI (Message Signaled Interrupts). A local
unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service or potentially elevate privileges.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1609-1/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package(s).");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/10/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/10/15");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright("Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2013 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("ubuntu.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running Ubuntu.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages.");
flag = 0;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"11.10", pkgname:"linux-image-3.0.0-1216-omap4", pkgver:"3.0.0-1216.29")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:ubuntu_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");