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Ubuntu 17.04 : file vulnerability (USN-3412-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103047

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Synopsis

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

Description

Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files. An attacker could use this to cause file to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected file and / or libmagic1 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3412-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103047

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3412-1.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2017

Updated: 1/12/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagic1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:file

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000249

USN: 3412-1