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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Scilab vulnerabilities (USN-5061-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183579

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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-5061-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Scilab did not properly sanitize XML inputs. An atacker could use a crafted XML file to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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-5061-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183579

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5061-1.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, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31598

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:scilab-test, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:scilab-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:scilab, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:scilab-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:scilab-include, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:scilab-full-bin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:scilab-minimal-bin

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: 9/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30485, CVE-2021-31229, CVE-2021-31347, CVE-2021-31598

USN: 5061-1