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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : BusyBox vulnerabilities (USN-6961-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 205548

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6961-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that BusyBox did not properly validate user input when performing certain arithmetic operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2022-48174)

 It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly managed memory when evaluating certain awk expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-42363, CVE-2023-42364, CVE-2023-42365)

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-6961-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 205548

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6961-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2024

Updated: 8/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48174

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:udhcpd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:udhcpc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:busybox, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:busybox-initramfs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:busybox-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:busybox-syslogd

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: 8/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48174, CVE-2023-42363, CVE-2023-42364, CVE-2023-42365

USN: 6961-1