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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : util-linux vulnerability (USN-5478-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 162221

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5478-1 advisory.

 Christian Moch and Michael Gruhn discovered that the libblkid library of util-linux did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this issue

 to cause denial of service by consuming all memory through a specially crafted MSDOS partition table.

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-5478-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 162221

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5478-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/15/2022

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5011

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsmartcols-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mount, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:util-linux-locales, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uuid-runtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmount1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libblkid1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uuid-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmount-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsmartcols1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuuid1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfdisk1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:util-linux, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfdisk-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bsdutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libblkid-dev, 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: 6/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5011

USN: 5478-1