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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Docker vulnerabilities (USN-7161-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 216408

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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7161-2 advisory.

 USN-7161-1 fixed CVE-2024-29018 in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. This update fixes it

 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

 USN-7161-1 fixed CVE-2024-41110 in Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and

 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This updates fixes it in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and

 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.



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 docker.io package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7161-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 216408

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7161-2.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2025

Updated: 2/19/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41110

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:docker.io, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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: 2/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-29018, CVE-2024-41110

USN: 7161-2