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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GPT fdisk vulnerabilities (USN-5262-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 157349
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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5262-1 advisory.The potential for an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check was discovered to impact the sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk.
Exploitation requires the use of a maliciously formatted storage
device and could cause sgdisk to crash as well as possibly
allow for local privilege escalation.
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 gdisk package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 157349
File Name: ubuntu_USN-5262-1.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 2/3/2022
Updated: 8/28/2024
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: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-0308
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdisk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-0256, CVE-2021-0308
USN: 5262-1