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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : UnRAR vulnerabilities (USN-7350-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232666

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7350-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that UnRAR incorrectly handled certain paths. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted RAR archive, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary files outside of the targeted directory. (CVE-2022-30333, CVE-2022-48579)

 It was discovered that UnRAR incorrectly handled certain recovery volumes. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted RAR archive, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-40477)

 Siddharth Dushantha discovered that UnRAR incorrectly handled ANSI escape sequences when writing screen output. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted RAR archive, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof screen output or cause a denial of service.
 (CVE-2024-33899)

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-7350-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232666

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7350-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/12/2025

Updated: 3/12/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-30333

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48579

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunrar-headers, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunrar5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unrar, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunrar-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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: 3/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 8/30/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-30333, CVE-2022-48579, CVE-2023-40477, CVE-2024-33899

USN: 7350-1