Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844066
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4031-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux, linux-hwe' package(s) announced via the USN-4031-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux, linux-hwe' package(s) announced via the USN-4031-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly separate certain memory mappings when creating new userspace processes on 64-bit Power (ppc64el) systems. A local attacker could use this to access memory contents or cause memory corruption of other processes on the system. Affected Software/OS: 'linux, linux-hwe' package(s) on Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 19.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-12817 BugTraq ID: 108884 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108884 Bugtraq: 20190812 [SECURITY] [DSA 4495-1] linux security update (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/13 Debian Security Information: DSA-4495 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4495 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSKLL2374YGFQR6LSVCFGTTCRGBTLAWZ/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OTLN3KQYEEWWAJYA4BUYYDMWWXCJQNV2/ https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca72d88378b2f2444d3ec145dd442d449d3fefbc http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/5 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2703 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1757 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00025.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4031-1/
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