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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : gThumb vulnerabilities (USN-5680-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166155

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5680-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that gThumb did not properly managed memory when processing certain image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause gThumb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2019-20326)

 It was discovered that gThumb did not properly handled certain malformed image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause gThumb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-36427)

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 gthumb, gthumb-data and / or gthumb-dev packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5680-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166155

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5680-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2022

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-2019-20326

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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gthumb-data, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gthumb-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gthumb

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: 10/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20326, CVE-2020-36427

USN: 5680-1