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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : DHCP vulnerabilities (USN-5658-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167065

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5658-2 advisory.

 USN-5658-1 fixed vulnerabilities in DHCP. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.



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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5658-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167065

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5658-2.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/8/2022

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2929

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:isc-dhcp-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:isc-dhcp-relay, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:isc-dhcp-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:isc-dhcp-client-ddns, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:isc-dhcp-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:isc-dhcp-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:isc-dhcp-server-ldap

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2928, CVE-2022-2929

USN: 5658-2