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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : systemd vulnerability (USN-3891-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122314

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3891-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled certain D-Bus messages. A local unprivileged attacker could exploit this in order to crash the init process, resulting in a system denial-of-service (kernel panic).

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-3891-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122314

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3891-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2019

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6454

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-myhostname, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libudev1-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-systemd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:udev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd-container, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsystemd-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libudev1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd-journal-remote, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-systemd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd-tests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libudev-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd-sysv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-mymachines, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-resolve, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsystemd0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd-coredump, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:udev-udeb

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6454

USN: 3891-1