Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : .NET vulnerabilities (USN-6773-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197100

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6773-1 advisory.

It was discovered that .NET did not properly handle memory in it's Double Parse routine. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution. (CVE-2024-30045)

It was discovered that .NET did not properly handle the usage of a shared resource. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a dead-lock

condition, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-30046)

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-6773-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197100

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6773-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2024

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-30045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-8.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-7.0-source-built-artifacts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-30045, CVE-2024-30046

USN: 6773-1