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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Libplist vulnerability (USN-3429-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103466

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3429-1 advisory.

 Wang Junjie discovered that Libplist incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this to cause a crash or denial or service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3429-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103466

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3429-1.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/26/2017

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7982

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libplist%2b%2b3v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-plist, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libplist%2b%2b1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libplist-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libplist%2b%2b-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libplist-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libplist1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libplist3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7982

USN: 3429-1