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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : AdvanceCOMP vulnerabilities (USN-5671-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166089

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5671-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP did not properly manage memory of function be_uint32_read() under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted binary file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2019-8379)

 It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP did not properly manage memory of function adv_png_unfilter_8() under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2019-8383)

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 advancecomp package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5671-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166089

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5671-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2022

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8383

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:advancecomp

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8379, CVE-2019-8383

USN: 5671-1