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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : glib2.0 vulnerability (USN-4014-2)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 125851
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
USN-4014-1 fixed a vulnerability in GLib. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.Original advisory details :
It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
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 libglib2.0-0, libglib2.0-bin and / or libglib2.0-dev packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 125851
File Name: ubuntu_USN-4014-2.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 6/12/2019
Updated: 5/16/2024
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: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12450
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-bin
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-12450
USN: 4014-2