Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : snapd vulnerabilities (USN-5292-3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158162

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-5292-3 advisory.

USN-5292-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in snapd. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5292-3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158162

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5292-3.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2022

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: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44731

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44730

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 2/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3155, CVE-2021-4120, CVE-2021-44730, CVE-2021-44731

USN: 5292-3