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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : usbredir vulnerability (USN-5784-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 169461

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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 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5784-1 advisory.

 - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in usbredir in versions prior to 0.11.0 in the usbredirparser_serialize() in usbredirparser/usbredirparser.c. This issue occurs when serializing large amounts of buffered write data in the case of a slow or blocked destination. (CVE-2021-3700)

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-5784-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 169461

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5784-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3700

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libusbredirhost-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libusbredirhost1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libusbredirparser-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libusbredirparser1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:usbredirserver

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3700

USN: 5784-1