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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Spidermonkey vulnerabilities (USN-3749-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 112083

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Multiple memory safety issues were fixed in Spidermonkey. An attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected libmozjs-52-0 and / or libmozjs-52-dev packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3749-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 112083

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3749-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2018

Updated: 10/21/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5188

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmozjs-52-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmozjs-52-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5188

USN: 3749-1