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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 ESM : Gerbv vulnerabilities (USN-6209-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 178107

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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 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6209-1 advisory.

 Claudio Bozzato discovered that Gerbv incorrectly handled certain Gerber files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Gerbv (resulting in a denial of service), or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-40391, CVE-2021-40394)

 Claudio Bozzato discovered that Gerbv incorrectly handled certain Gerber files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose information, crash Gerbv (resulting in a denial of service), or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-40393)

 Claudio Bozzato discovered that Gerbv incorrectly handled certain Gerber files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose information. (CVE-2021-40400, CVE-2021-40403)

 Claudio Bozzato discovered that Gerbv incorrectly handled certain Gerber files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose information, crash Gerbv (resulting in a denial of service), or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-40401)

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 gerbv package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6209-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 178107

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6209-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/10/2023

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: High

Score: 7.3

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-2021-40394

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:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gerbv, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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: 7/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40391, CVE-2021-40393, CVE-2021-40394, CVE-2021-40400, CVE-2021-40401, CVE-2021-40403

USN: 6209-1