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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Ardour vulnerability (USN-5110-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 154204

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5110-1 advisory.

 - Ardour v5.12 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the component ardour/libs/pbd/xml++.cc when using xmlFreeDoc and xmlXPathFreeContext. (CVE-2020-22617)

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 ardour, ardour-data and / or ardour-video-timeline packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5110-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 154204

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5110-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/18/2021

Updated: 10/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2020-22617

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ardour, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ardour-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ardour-video-timeline

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-22617

USN: 5110-1