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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : unzip vulnerabilities (USN-5673-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 166103

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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 / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5673-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause unzip to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

 (CVE-2021-4217)

 It was discovered that unzip did not properly perform bounds checking while converting wide strings to local strings. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause unzip to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0529, CVE-2022-0530)

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 unzip package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5673-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 166103

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5673-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2022

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0530

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unzip

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4217, CVE-2022-0529, CVE-2022-0530

USN: 5673-1