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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : Singularity vulnerabilities (USN-4840-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183162

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4840-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Singularity incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-19295)

 It was discovered that Singularity incorrectly handled access control. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-12021)

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 singularity-container package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4840-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183162

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4840-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19295

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:singularity-container

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12021, CVE-2018-19295

USN: 4840-1