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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : protobuf vulnerabilities (USN-5769-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168509

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5769-1 advisory.

 - protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2015-5237)

 - A parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 3.21.5 for protobuf-cpp, and versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 4.21.5 for protobuf-python can lead to out of memory failures.
 A specially crafted message with multiple key-value per elements creates parsing issues, and can lead to a Denial of Service against services receiving unsanitized input. We recommend upgrading to versions 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 3.21.6 for protobuf-cpp and 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 4.21.6 for protobuf-python. Versions for 3.16 and 3.17 are no longer updated. (CVE-2022-1941)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5769-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168509

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5769-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/8/2022

Updated: 7/10/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5237

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotobuf-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotobuf-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotobuf-lite9v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotobuf9v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotoc-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libprotoc9v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:protobuf-compiler, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-protobuf

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5237, CVE-2022-1941

USN: 5769-1