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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : digiKam vulnerabilities (USN-7266-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216235

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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-7266-1 advisory.

 Zinuo Han and Ao Wang discovered that the Android DNG SDK, vendored in digiKam, did not correctly parse certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-0691)

 It was discovered that Platinum Upnp SDK, vendored in digiKam, was vulnerable to a path traversal attack.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected

 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-19858)

 It was discovered that LibRaw, vendored in digiKam, did not correctly handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22628)

 It was discovered that LibRaw, vendored in digiKam, did not correctly handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-35530, CVE-2020-35531, CVE-2020-35532, CVE-2020-35533)

 It was discovered that LibRaw, vendored in digiKam, did not correctly handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-32142)

 It was discovered that LibRaw, vendored in digiKam, did not correctly handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-1729)

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-7266-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 216235

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7266-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/13/2025

Updated: 2/13/2025

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-19858

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32142

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:digikam, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kipi-plugins, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:digikam-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:showfoto, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kipi-plugins-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:digikam-private-libs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmediawiki1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkvkontakte1

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: 2/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0691, CVE-2020-19858, CVE-2020-22628, CVE-2020-35530, CVE-2020-35531, CVE-2020-35532, CVE-2020-35533, CVE-2021-32142, CVE-2023-1729

USN: 7266-1