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Ubuntu 23.10 : CUE vulnerability (USN-6423-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183273

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6423-2 advisory.

 USN-6423-1 fixed a vulnerability in CUE. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.10.

 Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that CUE incorrectly handled certain files.

 An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive

 information or execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected libcue-dev and / or libcue2 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6423-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183273

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6423-2.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/18/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcue2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcue-dev

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43641

USN: 6423-2