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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS : eglibc vulnerability (USN-2485-1) (GHOST)
high Nessus Plugin ID 81042
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the gethostbyname and gethostbyname2 functions in the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause an application crash, resulting in a denial of service.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 libc6 package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 81042
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2485-1.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 1/28/2015
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 6.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts
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: 1/27/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2015
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (Exim GHOST (glibc gethostbyname) Buffer Overflow)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-0235