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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : gdb vulnerabilities (USN-6842-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200771

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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 / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6842-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain memory operations when parsing an ELF file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-4285)

 It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading to a heap based buffer overflow. An attacker could use this

 issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute

 arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

 (CVE-2023-1972)

 It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading to a stack overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected

 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

 (CVE-2023-39128)

 It was discovered that gdb had a use after free vulnerability under certain circumstances. An attacker could use this to cause

 a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue

 only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-39129)

 It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading to a

 heap based buffer overflow. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue

 only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-39130)

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-6842-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200771

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6842-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/20/2024

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: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1972

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdbserver, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdb-multiarch, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdb64, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdb-source

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: 6/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4285, CVE-2023-1972, CVE-2023-39128, CVE-2023-39129, CVE-2023-39130

USN: 6842-1