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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : LZO vulnerability (USN-2300-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 76784
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2300-1 advisory.Don A. Bailey discovered that LZO incorrectly handled certain input data. An attacker could use this issue to cause LZO 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 liblzo2-2, liblzo2-2-udeb and / or liblzo2-dev packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 76784
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2300-1.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 7/25/2014
Updated: 8/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4607
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblzo2-2-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblzo2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblzo2-2
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: 7/24/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-4607
BID: 68213
USN: 2300-1