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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Avahi vulnerability (USN-6129-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 176562

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 22.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6129-1 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash. (CVE-2023-1981)

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-6129-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 176562

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6129-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2023

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2023-1981

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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-avahi-0.6, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-autoipd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-daemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-discover, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-dnsconfd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-ui-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-client-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-client3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-compat-libdnssd1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-core-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-core7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-glib-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-glib1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-gobject-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-gobject0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-ui-gtk3-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-avahi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-avahi

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1981

USN: 6129-1