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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : GNU Chess vulnerability (USN-7336-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232317

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7336-1 advisory.

 Michael Vaughan discovered an overflow vulnerability in GNU Chess that occurs when reading a specially crafted Portable Game Notation (PGN) file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU Chess to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected gnuchess package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7336-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232317

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7336-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/10/2025

Updated: 3/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2021-30184

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnuchess

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: 3/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30184

USN: 7336-1