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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : ZBar vulnerabilities (USN-7118-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 211736

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7118-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that ZBar did not properly handle certain QR codes. If a user or automated system using ZBar were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this to obtain sensitive information.

 (CVE-2023-40889)

 It was discovered that ZBar did not properly handle certain QR codes. If a user or automated system using ZBar were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-40890)

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-7118-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 211736

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7118-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2024

Updated: 11/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40890

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzbarqt-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbarcode-zbar-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zbarcam-gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-zbar, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzbar-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzbargtk0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zbar-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-zbarpygtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zbarcam-qt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzbargtk-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzbar0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-zbar, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzbarqt0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40889, CVE-2023-40890

USN: 7118-1