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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : recutils vulnerabilities (USN-7137-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 212065

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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-7137-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that recutils incorrectly handled memory when parsing comments with the recparser utility. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or run arbitrary commands.
 (CVE-2021-46019, CVE-2021-46021, CVE-2021-46022)

 It was discovered that recutils incorrectly handled memory when parsing CSV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or run arbitrary commands. (CVE-2019-11637, CVE-2019-11638, CVE-2019-11639, CVE-2019-11640)

 It was discovered that recutils incorrectly handled memory when parsing maliciously crafted recfiles. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-6455, CVE-2019-6456, CVE-2019-6457, CVE-2019-6458, CVE-2019-6459, CVE-2019-6460)

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 librec-dev, librec1 and / or recutils packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7137-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 212065

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7137-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2024

Updated: 12/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11640

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librec-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librec1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:recutils

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11637, CVE-2019-11638, CVE-2019-11639, CVE-2019-11640, CVE-2019-6455, CVE-2019-6456, CVE-2019-6457, CVE-2019-6458, CVE-2019-6459, CVE-2019-6460, CVE-2021-46019, CVE-2021-46021, CVE-2021-46022

USN: 7137-1