eprosima Fast DDS is a C++ implementation of the Data Distribution Service standard of the Object Management Group. Prior to versions 2.11.0, 2.10.2, 2.9.2, and 2.6.5, a data submessage sent to PDP port raises unhandled `BadParamException` in fastcdr, which in turn crashes fastdds. Versions 2.11.0, 2.10.2, 2.9.2, and 2.6.5 contain a patch for this issue.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 ESM / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6306-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a denial of service and information exposure. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04     LTS. (CVE-2021-38425)

    It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2023-39534, CVE-2023-39945, CVE-2023-39946, CVE-2023-39947, CVE-2023-39948,     CVE-2023-39949)

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.

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5481 advisory.

    Multipe security issues were discovered in Fast DDS, a C++ implementation of the DDS (Data Distribution     Service), which might result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code when     processing malformed RTPS packets. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been     fixed in version 2.1.0+ds-9+deb11u1. For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been     fixed in version 2.9.1+ds-1+deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your fastdds packages. For the detailed     security status of fastdds please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-     tracker.debian.org/tracker/fastdds

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
180181	Ubuntu 22.04 ESM / 23.04 : Fast DDS vulnerabilities (USN-6306-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	critical
180015	Debian DSA-5481-1 : fastdds - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high

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