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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Crypto++ vulnerability (USN-4827-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183585

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4827-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Crypto++ mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to leak potentially sensitive information.

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 libcrypto++-dev, libcrypto++-utils and / or libcrypto++9v5 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4827-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183585

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4827-1.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, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9434

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrypto%2b%2b9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrypto%2b%2b-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrypto%2b%2b9v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrypto%2b%2b-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-: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: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9434

USN: 4827-1