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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : libhx vulnerability (USN-994-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 49763

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that libHX incorrectly handled certain parameters to the HX_split function. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/994-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 49763

File Name: ubuntu_USN-994-1.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2010

Updated: 9/19/2019

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhx10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhx-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhx14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhx22, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhx18, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhx-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2947

BID: 42592

USN: 994-1