Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : snapd vulnerability (USN-4728-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 146351

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4728-1 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4728-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 146351

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4728-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2021

Updated: 6/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27352

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ubuntu-core-launcher, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:snapd-xdg-open, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:snapd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ubuntu-snappy-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:snap-confine, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-github-ubuntu-core-snappy-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-github-snapcore-snapd-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ubuntu-snappy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ubuntu-core-snapd-units

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27352

USN: 4728-1