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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 22.04 LTS : SVG++ library vulnerabilities (USN-6178-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 177433

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6178-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that in SVG++ library that the demo application incorrectly

 managed memory resulting in a memory access violation

 under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue

 to leak memory information or run a denial of service attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2019-6246)

 It was discovered that in SVG++ library that the demo application

 incorrectly handled null pointers under certain circumstances.

 An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

 denial of service, leak memory information or manipulate

 program execution flow. (CVE-2021-44960)

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 libsvgpp-dev package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6178-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 177433

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6178-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsvgpp-dev

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: 6/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6246, CVE-2021-44960

USN: 6178-1