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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : MilkyTracker vulnerabilities (USN-4499-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140603

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4499-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that MilkyTracker did not properly handle certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, an attacker could cause MilkyTracker to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected milkytracker package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4499-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140603

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4499-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2020

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14497

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:milkytracker, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

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: 9/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14464, CVE-2019-14496, CVE-2019-14497

USN: 4499-1