Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : libusbmuxd vulnerability (USN-3026-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91957

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that libusbmuxd incorrectly handled socket permissions. A remote attacker could use this issue to access services on iOS devices, contrary to expectations.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected libusbmuxd-dev, libusbmuxd-tools and / or libusbmuxd4 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3026-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91957

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3026-2.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2016

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5104

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libusbmuxd4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libusbmuxd-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libusbmuxd-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5104

USN: 3026-2