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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : JBIG-KIT vulnerability (USN-5742-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168193

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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 / 22.04 LTS / 22.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5742-1 advisory.

 - In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a memory malloc failure in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an abort resulting in a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-9937)

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 jbigkit-bin, libjbig-dev and / or libjbig0 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5742-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168193

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5742-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2022

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: 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-2017-9937

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: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:jbigkit-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjbig-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjbig0

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: 11/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9937

USN: 5742-1