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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. : GNU C Library vulnerability (USN-6737-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194727

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6737-2 advisory.

 USN-6737-1 fixed a vulnerability in the GNU C Library. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.



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.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6737-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194727

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6737-2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

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: High

Score: 8.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc-dev-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-amd64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc-devtools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-i386, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-i386, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-amd64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:locales, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-s390, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-x32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-x32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glibc-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-s390, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:locales-all, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts.

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (CosmicSting: Magento Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2024-34102) + PHP Buffer Overflow in the iconv() function of glibc (CVE-2024-2961))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2961

USN: 6737-2