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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : OpenEXR vulnerabilities (USN-4996-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 150948

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4996-2 advisory.

 USN-4996-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in OpenEXR. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.



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 libopenexr-dev, libopenexr22 and / or openexr packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4996-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 150948

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4996-2.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/22/2021

Updated: 10/29/2024

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20296

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3605

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libopenexr-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libopenexr22, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openexr

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20296, CVE-2021-23215, CVE-2021-26260, CVE-2021-3598, CVE-2021-3605

USN: 4996-2