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Ubuntu 20.04 ESM : LibBPF vulnerabilities (USN-5759-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183569

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5759-2 advisory.

 USN-5759-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibBPF. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 ESM.

 Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that LibBPF incorrectly handled certain memory operations

 under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

 cause LibBPF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly

 execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10.

 (CVE-2021-45940, CVE-2021-45941, CVE-2022-3533)

 It was discovered that LibBPF incorrectly handled certain memory operations

 under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

 cause LibBPF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly

 execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3534, CVE-2022-3606)

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 libbpf-dev and / or libbpf0 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5759-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183569

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5759-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3534

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:libbpf0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbpf-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3534, CVE-2022-3606

USN: 5759-2