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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : .NET vulnerability (USN-6006-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 174154

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6006-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that .NET did not properly manage dll files. An attacker could potentially use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6006-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 174154

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6006-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2023-28260

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:dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28260

IAVA: 2023-A-0185-S

USN: 6006-1