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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Aptdaemon vulnerabilities (USN-4664-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 143584

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4664-1 advisory.

 - The aptdaemon DBus interface disclosed file existence disclosure by setting Terminal/DebconfSocket properties, aka GHSL-2020-192 and GHSL-2020-196. This affected versions prior to 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu34.1, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.3, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.5, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.5. (CVE-2020-16128)

 - Aptdaemon performed policykit checks after interacting with potentially untrusted files with elevated privileges. This affected versions prior to 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu34.1, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.3, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.5, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.5. (CVE-2020-27349)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4664-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 143584

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4664-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2020

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16128

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aptdaemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aptdaemon-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-aptdaemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-aptdaemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-aptdaemon.test

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16128, CVE-2020-27349

USN: 4664-1