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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : libmysofa vulnerabilities (USN-4473-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183635

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4473-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that libmysofa incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2019-16091, CVE-2019-16092, CVE-2019-16093, CVE-2019-16094, CVE-2019-16095)

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 libmysofa-dev, libmysofa-utils and / or libmysofa0 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4473-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183635

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4473-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2023

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: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16093

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:libmysofa0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysofa-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysofa-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16091, CVE-2019-16092, CVE-2019-16093, CVE-2019-16094, CVE-2019-16095

USN: 4473-1