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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : amanda regression (USN-5966-2)

info Nessus Plugin ID 173326

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5966-2 advisory.

 USN-5966-1 fixed vulnerabilities in amanda. Unfortunately it introduced a regression in GNUTAR-based backups. This update reverts all of the changes in amanda until a better fix is provided.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected amanda-client, amanda-common and / or amanda-server packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5966-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 173326

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5966-2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2023

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amanda-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amanda-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amanda-server, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2023

Reference Information

USN: 5966-2