The remote Ubuntu 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6121-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Nanopb incorrectly handled certain decode messages. An attacker could possibly use     this cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-26243)

    It was discovered that Nanopb incorrectly handled certain decode messages. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-21401)

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.

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Ubuntu 20.04 ESM : Nanopb vulnerabilities (USN-6121-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176490

Version 1.2

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Version 1.0

Version 1.2 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.1 Oct 21, 2023, 5:06 AM Detection Plugin Feed: 202310210506
Version 1.0 May 30, 2023, 10:01 PM New Plugin Feed: 202305302201