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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Inetutils vulnerabilities (USN-6304-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180029

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6304-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that telnetd in GNU Inetutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.

 This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (CVE-2022-39028)

 It was discovered that Inetutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-40303)

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-6304-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180029

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6304-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/22/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40303

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-traceroute, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-telnet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ping, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-syslogd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-inetd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-talkd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ftpd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-telnetd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:telnetd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-talk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ftp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:telnet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-tools

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: 8/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39028, CVE-2023-40303

USN: 6304-1