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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : c-ares vulnerabilities (USN-6164-2)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 181249
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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 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6164-2 advisory.USN-6164-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in c-ares. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
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 libc-ares-dev and / or libc-ares2 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 181249
File Name: ubuntu_USN-6164-2.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 9/11/2023
Updated: 10/29/2024
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: 5.9
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31130
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc-ares2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc-ares-dev
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-31130, CVE-2023-32067
USN: 6164-2