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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : DjVuLibre vulnerability (USN-5005-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 169510

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5005-1 advisory.

 - An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in DjVuLibre in DJVU::DjVuTXT::decode() in DjVuText.cpp via a crafted djvu file which may lead to crash and segmentation fault. This flaw affects DjVuLibre versions prior to 3.5.28. (CVE-2021-3630)

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-5005-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 169510

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5005-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/4/2023

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3630

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:djview, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:djview3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:djvulibre-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:djvulibre-desktop, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:djvuserve, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdjvulibre-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdjvulibre-text, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdjvulibre21

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3630

USN: 5005-1