Ubuntu 23.10 : .NET vulnerability (USN-6427-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183428

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-6427-2 advisory.

USN-6427-1 fixed a vulnerability in .NET. This update provides the corresponding update for .NET 8.



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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6427-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183428

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6427-2.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2023

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: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 9.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44487

IAVB: 2023-B-0083-S

USN: 6427-2