Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : libXv vulnerability (USN-5449-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 161630

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5449-1 advisory.

 - The (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXv before 1.0.11 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations via vectors involving length specifications in received data. (CVE-2016-5407)

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 libxv-dev and / or libxv1 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5449-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 161630

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5449-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/27/2022

Updated: 5/27/2022

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

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5407

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: p-cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxv1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxv-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm:*:*:*:*:*

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5407

USN: 5449-1