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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Long Range ZIP vulnerabilities (USN-5840-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 170961

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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-5840-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Long Range ZIP incorrectly handled pointers. If

 a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain

 specially crafted ZIP file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2020-25467)

 It was discovered that Long Range ZIP incorrectly handled pointers. If

 a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain

 specially crafted ZIP file, an attacker could possibly use this issue

 to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2021-27345, CVE-2021-27347)

 It was discovered that Long Range ZIP incorrectly handled pointers. If

 a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain

 specially crafted ZIP file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-26291)

 It was discovered that Long Range ZIP incorrectly handled memory allocation,

 which could lead to a heap memory corruption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service. This issue affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and

 Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-28044)

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 lrzip package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5840-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 170961

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5840-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/2/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-28044

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

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: 2/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5786, CVE-2020-25467, CVE-2021-27345, CVE-2021-27347, CVE-2022-26291, CVE-2022-28044

USN: 5840-1