Ubuntu 23.10 : .Net regressions (USN-6438-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183873

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6438-2 advisory.

USN-6438-1 fixed vulnerabilities in .Net. It was discovered that the fix for [CVE-2023-36799](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-36799) was incomplete. This update fixes the problem.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183873

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6438-2.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 10/25/2023

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36799

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-6.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-7.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36799

USN: 6438-2

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