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Ubuntu 22.10 : Libksba vulnerability (USN-5688-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 166560

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5688-2 advisory.

 USN-5688-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Libksba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 22.10.



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 libksba-dev, libksba-mingw-w64-dev and / or libksba8 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5688-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 166560

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5688-2.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/26/2022

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:libksba-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libksba8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libksba-mingw-w64-dev

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: 10/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3515

IAVA: 2023-A-0072

USN: 5688-2