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Ubuntu 19.10 : Aspell vulnerability (USN-4155-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 130146

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Synopsis

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

Description

USN-4155-1 fixed a vulnerability in Aspell. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 19.10.

It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could potentially access sensitive information.

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Solution

Update the affected aspell and / or libaspell15 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 130146

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4155-2.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/22/2019

Updated: 4/17/2024

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17544

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaspell15, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspell

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17544

USN: 4155-2