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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : libXpm vulnerabilities (USN-6408-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183750

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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-6408-2 advisory.

 USN-6408-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libXpm. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

 Original advisory details:

 Yair Mizrahi discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain malformed

 XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted

 XPM image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to consume

 memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-43786)

 Yair Mizrahi discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain malformed

 XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted

 XPM image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libXpm to

 crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

 (CVE-2023-43787)

 Alan Coopersmith discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain

 malformed XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially

 crafted XPM image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to

 cause libXpm to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-43788,

 CVE-2023-43789)

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 libxpm-dev, libxpm4 and / or xpmutils packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6408-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183750

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6408-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43787

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:libxpm4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxpm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xpmutils, 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: 10/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43786, CVE-2023-43787, CVE-2023-43788, CVE-2023-43789

USN: 6408-2