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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : e2fsprogs vulnerability (USN-5464-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161938

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 21.10 / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5464-1 advisory.

 - An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in e2fsprogs 1.46.5. This issue leads to a segmentation fault and possibly arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted filesystem.
 (CVE-2022-1304)

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-5464-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161938

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5464-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2022

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1304

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:comerr-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fsck-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fslibs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fslibs-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fsprogs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fsprogs-l10n, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fuse2fs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcom-err2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcomerr2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libext2fs-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libext2fs2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libss2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:logsave, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ss-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1304

USN: 5464-1