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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : BWA vulnerability (USN-4087-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127804

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA) mishandled certain crafted .alt files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected bwa and / or libbwa-dev packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4087-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127804

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4087-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 10/21/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10269

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:bwa, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbwa-dev

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: 8/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10269

USN: 4087-1