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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : FIS-GT.M vulnerabilities (USN-7422-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233969

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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 packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7422-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that FIS-GT.M could incorrectly dereference memory in certain instances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FIS-GT.M to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2021-44492, CVE-2021-44498, CVE-2021-44508)

 It was discovered that FIS-GT.M could perform a division by zero due to a lack of input validation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FIS-GT.M to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2021-44500)

 It was discovered that FIS-GT.M could be forced to allocate memory of a chosen size through crafted input.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to exhaust the available memory of FIS-GT.M, leading to a crash that would result in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-44502)

 It was discovered that FIS-GT.M could be forced to read from uninitialized memory due to a lack of input validation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FIS-GT.M to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-44506)

 It was discovered that FIS-GT.M could crash due to an integer underflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-44509, CVE-2021-44510)

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-7422-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233969

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7422-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/7/2025

Updated: 4/7/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44510

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fis-gtm-6.2-002, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fis-gtm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fis-gtm-6.3-003a, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fis-gtm-6.3-007, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fis-gtm-6.3-014

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44492, CVE-2021-44498, CVE-2021-44500, CVE-2021-44502, CVE-2021-44506, CVE-2021-44508, CVE-2021-44509, CVE-2021-44510

USN: 7422-1