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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : VCFtools vulnerabilities (USN-4835-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183627

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4835-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that VCFtools improperly handled certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted input file, VCFtools could be made to crash or possibly cause other unspecified impact.
 (CVE-2018-11099, CVE-2018-11129, CVE-2018-11130)

 It was discovered that VCFtools improperly handled memory allocation/deallocation, resulting in a use- after-free vulnerability. If a victim were tricked into opening a specially crafted VCF File, an attacker could cause VCFtools to leak sensitive information or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-1010127)

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 vcftools package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4835-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183627

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4835-1.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: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1010127

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vcftools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11099, CVE-2018-11129, CVE-2018-11130, CVE-2019-1010127

USN: 4835-1