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Ubuntu 22.04 ESM / 23.04 : Fast DDS vulnerabilities (USN-6306-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180181

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 ESM / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6306-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service and information exposure. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-38425)

 It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2023-39534, CVE-2023-39945, CVE-2023-39946, CVE-2023-39947, CVE-2023-39948, CVE-2023-39949)

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-6306-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180181

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6306-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38425

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfastrtps2.9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfastrtps2.5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fastdds-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfastrtps-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38425, CVE-2023-39534, CVE-2023-39945, CVE-2023-39946, CVE-2023-39947, CVE-2023-39948, CVE-2023-39949

USN: 6306-1