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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Unbound vulnerabilities (USN-6998-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206979

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6998-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled string comparisons, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could

 potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-43167)

 It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled memory in

 cfg_mark_ports, which could lead to a heap buffer overflow. A local

 attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2024-43168)

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-6998-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206979

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6998-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/11/2024

Updated: 9/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43168

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-unbound, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunbound-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-unbound, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unbound, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unbound-anchor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unbound-host, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunbound2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunbound8

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43167, CVE-2024-43168

USN: 6998-1