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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: ntfs-3g (CVE-2023-52890)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201800

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of ntfs-3g installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-52890 advisory.

 - NTFS-3G before 75dcdc2 has a use-after-free in ntfs_uppercase_mbs in libntfs-3g/unistr.c. NOTE: discussion suggests that exploitation would be challenging. (CVE-2023-52890)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52890

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201800

File Name: mariner_CVE-2023-52890.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 7/3/2024

Updated: 12/13/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52890

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/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:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ntfs-3g-libs, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ntfsprogs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ntfs-3g-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ntfs-3g-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ntfs-3g

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CBLMariner/release, Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52890