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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : Budgie Extras vulnerabilities (USN-6556-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186990

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6556-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Budgie Extras incorrectly handled certain temporary file paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject false information or deny access to the application. (CVE-2023-49342, CVE-2023-49343, CVE-2023-49347)

 Matthias Gerstner discovered that Budgie Extras incorrectly handled certain temporary file paths. A local attacker could use this to inject arbitrary PNG data in this path and have it displayed on the victim's desktop or deny access to the application. (CVE-2023-49344)

 Matthias Gerstner discovered that Budgie Extras incorrectly handled certain temporary file paths. A local attacker could use this to inject false information or deny access to the application. (CVE-2023-49345, CVE-2023-49346)

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-6556-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186990

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6556-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 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-2023-49347

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:budgie-wallstreet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-trash-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-visualspace-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-brightness-controller-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-applications-menu-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-app-launcher-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-keyboard-autoswitch-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-kangaroo-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-takeabreak-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-weathershow-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-dropby-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-extras-daemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-countdown-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-showtime-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-network-manager-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-workspace-wallpaper-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-previews, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-clockworks-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-quickchar, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-previews-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-workspace-stopwatch-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-rotation-lock-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-extras-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-quicknote-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-fuzzyclock-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-hotcorners-applet, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-recentlyused-applet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:budgie-window-shuffler

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-49342, CVE-2023-49343, CVE-2023-49344, CVE-2023-49345, CVE-2023-49346, CVE-2023-49347

USN: 6556-1