NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : ibus Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0155)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154578

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Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has ibus packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

- A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user. (CVE-2019-14822)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL ibus packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154578

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2021-0155_ibus.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks

Published: 10/27/2021

Updated: 10/27/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14822

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:ibus-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:ibus-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:ibus-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:ibus-pygtk2, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:ibus-setup, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:ibus, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:ibus-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:ibus-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:ibus-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:ibus-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:ibus-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:ibus-pygtk2, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:ibus-setup, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_core:5, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:5, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:ibus, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:ibus-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:ibus-devel-docs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14822

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