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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : liveMedia vulnerabilities (USN-4853-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183646

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4853-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain network packets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-4013)

 It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain network sessions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-6256)

 It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain RTSP streamings. An attacker could possiby use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2019-7314)

 It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2019-9215)

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-4853-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183646

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4853-1.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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9215

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libusageenvironment3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgroupsock8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblivemedia-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbasicusageenvironment1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:livemedia-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblivemedia50, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblivemedia62, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-4013, CVE-2019-6256, CVE-2019-7314, CVE-2019-9215

USN: 4853-1