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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : libheif vulnerabilities (USN-6847-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201014

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6847-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2019-11471)

 Reza Mirzazade Farkhani discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-23109)

 Eugene Lim discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-0996)

 Min Jang discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-29659)

 Yuchuan Meng discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-49460, CVE-2023-49462, CVE-2023-49463, CVE-2023-49464)

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-6847-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201014

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6847-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/26/2024

Updated: 10/25/2024

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49464

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-aomdec, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-libde265, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-svtenc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heif-thumbnailer, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-examples, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-rav1e, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-aomenc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-dav1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-x265, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heif-gdk-pixbuf

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: 6/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11471, CVE-2020-23109, CVE-2023-0996, CVE-2023-29659, CVE-2023-49460, CVE-2023-49462, CVE-2023-49463, CVE-2023-49464

IAVB: 2024-B-0073-S

USN: 6847-1