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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : libclamunrar vulnerabilities (USN-6569-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187684

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6569-1 advisory.

 it was discovered that libclamunrar incorrectly handled directories when extracting RAR archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2022-30333)

 It was discovered that libclamunrar incorrectly validated certain structures when extracting RAR archives.
 A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-40477)

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-6569-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187684

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6569-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2024

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: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-30333

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclamunrar9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclamunrar11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clamav-testfiles-rar, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclamunrar

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 8/30/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (UnRAR Path Traversal in Zimbra (CVE-2022-30333))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-30333, CVE-2023-40477

USN: 6569-1