GLSA-202310-10 : libcue: Arbitrary Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 182793

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202310-10 (libcue: Arbitrary Code Execution)

- libcue provides an API for parsing and extracting data from CUE sheets. Versions 2.2.1 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access. A user of the GNOME desktop environment can be exploited by downloading a cue sheet from a malicious webpage. Because the file is saved to `~/Downloads`, it is then automatically scanned by tracker-miners. And because it has a .cue filename extension, tracker-miners use libcue to parse the file. The file exploits the vulnerability in libcue to gain code execution.
(CVE-2023-43641)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All libcue users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=media-libs/libcue-2.2.1-r1

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-10

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=915500

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182793

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202310-10.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/10/2023

Updated: 10/30/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43641

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libcue

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43641