Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : Atril vulnerability (USN-6808-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200133

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6808-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Atril was vulnerable to a path traversal attack. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to create arbitrary files on the host filesystem with user privileges.

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-6808-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200133

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6808-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52076

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-atrildocument-1.5.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatrilview-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatrildocument-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatrildocument3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-atrilview-1.5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatrilview3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:atril-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-atril, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:atril

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: 6/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52076

USN: 6808-1