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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : libmaxminddb vulnerability (USN-4631-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142866

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4631-1 advisory.

 - libmaxminddb before 1.4.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in dump_entry_data_list in maxminddb.c.
 (CVE-2020-28241)

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 libmaxminddb-dev, libmaxminddb0 and / or mmdb-bin packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4631-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142866

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4631-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28241

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmaxminddb-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmaxminddb0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mmdb-bin

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: 11/12/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28241

USN: 4631-1