Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Atril vulnerabilities (USN-7274-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216432

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7274-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Atril incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1010006)

Andy Nguyen discovered that Atril incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-11459)

Febin Mon Saji discovered that Atril incorrectly handled certain compressed files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51698)

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-7274-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 216432

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7274-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2025

Updated: 2/18/2025

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1010006

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-51698

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-atrildocument-1.5.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatrilview-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatrildocument-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatrildocument3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-atrilview-1.5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatrilview3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:atril-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-atril, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:atril

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: 4/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1010006, CVE-2019-11459, CVE-2023-51698

USN: 7274-1