Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : SPICE vdagent vulnerabilities (USN-4617-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142464

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 20.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4617-1 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 spice-vdagent package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4617-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142464

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4617-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/5/2020

Updated: 10/21/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25653

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25651

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:spice-vdagent

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25650, CVE-2020-25651, CVE-2020-25652, CVE-2020-25653

USN: 4617-1