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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : LibreCAD vulnerabilities (USN-5957-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172590

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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 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5957-1 advisory.

 Cody Sixteen discovered that LibreCAD incorrectly handled memory when parsing DXF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibreCAD to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-19105)

 Lilith of Cisco Talos discovered that LibreCAD incorrectly handled memory when parsing DWG files. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibreCAD to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-21898, CVE-2021-21899)

 Lilith of Cisco Talos discovered that LibreCAD incorrectly handled memory when parsing DRW files. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibreCAD to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-21900)

 Albin Eldstl-Ahrens discovered that LibreCAD incorrectly handled memory when parsing JWW files. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibreCAD to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-45341, CVE-2021-45342)

 Albin Eldstl-Ahrens discovered that LibreCAD incorrectly handled memory when parsing DXF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibreCAD to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2021-45343)

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 librecad and / or librecad-data packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5957-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172590

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5957-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/15/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45341

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:librecad, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librecad-data

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19105, CVE-2021-21898, CVE-2021-21899, CVE-2021-21900, CVE-2021-45341, CVE-2021-45342, CVE-2021-45343

USN: 5957-1