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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Tracker vulnerability (USN-3101-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94045

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3101-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Tracker incorrectly handled certain malformed GIF images. If a user or automated system were tricked into downloading a specially-crafted GIF image, Tracker could crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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-3101-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94045

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3101-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2016

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtracker-miner-1.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtracker-control-1.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tracker-gui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtracker-miner-1.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tracker, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tracker-miner-fs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-tracker-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tracker-extract, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtracker-sparql-1.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtracker-sparql-1.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtracker-control-1.0-0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2016

Reference Information

USN: 3101-1