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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : file vulnerabilities (USN-2278-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 76525

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2278-1 advisory.

 Mike Frysinger discovered that the file awk script detector used multiple wildcard with unlimited repetitions. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-7345)

 Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain CDF documents. A attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487)

 Jan Kalua discovered that file did not properly restrict the amount of data read during regex searches.
 An attacker could use this issue to cause file to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2014-3538)

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-2278-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 76525

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2278-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2014

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3538

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3487

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-magic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagic1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-magic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagic-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:file

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7345, CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487, CVE-2014-3538

BID: 66406, 68120, 68238, 68239, 68241, 68243, 68348

USN: 2278-1