Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : GNOME Files vulnerability (USN-5786-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 169587

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 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-5786-1 advisory.

- GNOME Nautilus 42.2 allows a NULL pointer dereference and get_basename application crash via a pasted ZIP archive. (CVE-2022-37290)

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-5786-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 169587

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5786-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/5/2023

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: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37290

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-nautilus-3.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnautilus-extension-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnautilus-extension1a, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nautilus, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nautilus-data

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37290

USN: 5786-1