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Ubuntu 23.04 : Libloius vulnerabilities (USN-5996-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176265

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5996-2 advisory.

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the lou_logFile function at logginc.c endpoint. (CVE-2023-26767)

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the compileTranslationTable.c and lou_setDataPath functions. (CVE-2023-26768)

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis Lou_Trace v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the resolveSubtable function at compileTranslationTabel.c. (CVE-2023-26769)

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-5996-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176265

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5996-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/24/2023

Updated: 10/20/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26769

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:23.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblouis-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblouis-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblouis-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblouis20, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-louis

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: 5/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26767, CVE-2023-26768, CVE-2023-26769

USN: 5996-2