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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-6101-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176325

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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 / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6101-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain DWARF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10.
 (CVE-2023-1579)

 It was discovered that GNU binutils did not properly verify the version definitions in zer0-lengthverdef table. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10 and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-1972)

 It was discovered that GNU binutils did not properly validate the size of length parameter in vms-alpha.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or access sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2023-25584)

 It was discovered that GNU binutils did not properly initialized the file_table field of struct module and the_bfd field of asymbol. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2023-25585, CVE-2023-25588)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6101-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176325

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6101-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/24/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1579

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabin32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbinutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-build, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libctf0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabin32, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-m68k-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-multiarch-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabin32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabin32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-linux-gnux32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libctf-nobfd0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-multiarch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa32r6el-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-sh4-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-alpha-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-hppa-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arc-linux-gnu, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgprofng0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa32r6-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-s390x-linux-gnu

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: 5/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1579, CVE-2023-1972, CVE-2023-25584, CVE-2023-25585, CVE-2023-25588

USN: 6101-1