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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Cron vulnerabilities (USN-5259-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 160668

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5259-2 advisory.

 USN-5259-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Cron. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.



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 cron package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5259-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 160668

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5259-2.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2022

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2017-9525

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cron, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

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: 5/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9525, CVE-2019-9704, CVE-2019-9705, CVE-2019-9706

USN: 5259-2