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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Smarty vulnerabilities (USN-5348-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183613

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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5348-2 advisory.

 USN-5348-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Smarty. This update provides the fixes for CVE-2021-21408, CVE-2021-26119, CVE-2021-26120 and CVE-2021-29454 for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.



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 smarty3 package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5348-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183613

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5348-2.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26120

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:smarty3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21408, CVE-2021-26119, CVE-2021-26120, CVE-2021-29454

USN: 5348-2