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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM / 23.04 : Jhead vulnerabilities (USN-6110-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176455

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM / 22.10 / 23.04 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6110-1 advisory.

 - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 due to a wild address read in the Get16u function in exif.c in will cause segmentation fault via a crafted_file. (CVE-2021-28275)

 - A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabilty exists in jhead 3.04 and 3.05 is affected by: Buffer Overflow via the RemoveUnknownSections function in jpgfile.c. (CVE-2021-28277)

 - A heap-based buffer overflow was found in jhead in version 3.06 in Get16u() in exif.c when processing a crafted file. (CVE-2021-3496)

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 jhead package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6110-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176455

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6110-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/29/2023

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:jhead

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: 5/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28275, CVE-2021-28277, CVE-2021-3496

USN: 6110-1