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Ubuntu 23.10 : LibTomMath vulnerability (USN-6402-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186327

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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-6402-2 advisory.

 USN-6402-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTomMath. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.10.



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 libtommath-dev and / or libtommath1 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6402-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186327

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6402-2.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/27/2023

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36328

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtommath1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtommath-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36328

USN: 6402-2