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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : exfatprogs vulnerability (USN-6970-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 206025
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6970-1 advisory.It was discovered that exfatprogs incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into handling specially crafted exfat partitions, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause exfatprogs to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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 exfatprogs package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 206025
File Name: ubuntu_USN-6970-1.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 8/21/2024
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: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45897
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exfatprogs
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: 8/20/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-45897
USN: 6970-1