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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : protobuf vulnerabilities (USN-5769-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168509

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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-5769-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that protobuf did not properly manage memory when serializing large messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using protobuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5237)

 It was discovered that protobuf did not properly manage memory when parsing specifically crafted messages.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using protobuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-1941)

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-5769-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168509

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5769-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/8/2022

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5237

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotoc-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotobuf-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:protobuf-compiler, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-protobuf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotobuf9v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotobuf-lite9v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotoc9v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotobuf-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5237, CVE-2022-1941

USN: 5769-1