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Ubuntu 19.04 : Pango vulnerability (USN-4081-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127798

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Pango incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected gir1.2-pango-1.0, libpango-1.0-0 and / or libpango1.0-0 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4081-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127798

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4081-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 5/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1010238

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpango1.0-0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpango-1.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-pango-1.0

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: 7/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1010238

USN: 4081-1