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Ubuntu 22.04 ESM : PatchELF vulnerability (USN-6036-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 174610

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 ESM / 22.10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6036-1 advisory.

 - Patchelf v0.9 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the function modifyRPath at src/patchelf.cc. (CVE-2022-44940)

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 patchelf package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6036-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 174610

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6036-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2023

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44940

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:patchelf, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm

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: 4/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44940

USN: 6036-1