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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : uriparser vulnerabilities (USN-5256-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163079

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5256-1 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in uriparser before 0.9.6. It performs invalid free operations in uriFreeUriMembers and uriMakeOwner. (CVE-2021-46141)

 - An issue was discovered in uriparser before 0.9.6. It performs invalid free operations in uriNormalizeSyntax. (CVE-2021-46142)

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

Solution

Update the affected liburiparser-dev and / or liburiparser1 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5256-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163079

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5256-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/13/2022

Updated: 7/10/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-46142

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liburiparser-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liburiparser1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46141, CVE-2021-46142

USN: 5256-1