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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : HTCondor vulnerabilities (USN-4771-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183557

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4771-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that HTCondor incorrectly invoked the mailx utility. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-8126)

 It was discovered that HTCondor mishandled certain crafted input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause HTCondor to crash. (CVE-2017-16816)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4771-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183557

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4771-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:condor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:htcondor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:htcondor-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclassad-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclassad7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:condor-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclassad5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8126, CVE-2017-16816

USN: 4771-1