Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : GNOME Autoar regression (USN-4733-2)

info Nessus Plugin ID 147988

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4733-2 advisory.

USN-4733-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNOME Autoar. The upstream fix introduced a regression when extracting archives containing directories. This update fixes the problem.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security 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-4733-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 147988

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4733-2.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2021

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnome-autoar-0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gnomeautoar-0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gnomeautoargtk-0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnome-autoar-0-0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2021

Reference Information

USN: 4733-2