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Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : dia vulnerabilities (USN-286-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 21604
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Several format string vulnerabilities have been discovered in dia. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted dia file, or a file with a specially crafted name, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 21604
File Name: ubuntu_USN-286-1.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 5/27/2006
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dia, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dia-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dia-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dia-libs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10
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: 5/24/2006
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2006
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-2453, CVE-2006-2480
BID: 18078