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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Dnsmasq vulnerabilities (USN-6657-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193872

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6657-2 advisory.

 USN-6657-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.



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-6657-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193872

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6657-2.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2024

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

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-2023-50387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsmasq, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsmasq-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsmasq-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsmasq-base-lua

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28450, CVE-2023-50387, CVE-2023-50868

USN: 6657-2