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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : XZ Utils vulnerability (USN-7414-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233831

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7414-1 advisory.

 Harri K. Koskinen discovered that XZ Utils incorrectly handled the threaded xz decoder. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing an xz file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause XZ Utils to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute 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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7414-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233831

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7414-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2025

Updated: 4/3/2025

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31115

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblzma-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblzma5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xz-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xzdec, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31115

USN: 7414-1