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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Libtpms vulnerabilities (USN-5933-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172243

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5933-1 advisory.

 Francisco Falcon discovered that Libtpms did not properly manage memory when performing certain cryptographic operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-1017, CVE-2023-1018)

 It was discovered that Libtpms did not properly manage memory when handling certain commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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 libtpms-dev and / or libtpms0 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5933-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172243

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5933-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:libtpms-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtpms0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1017, CVE-2023-1018

USN: 5933-1