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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : GEGL vulnerability (USN-5251-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183106

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5251-1 advisory.

 - load_cache in GEGL before 0.4.34 allows shell expansion when a pathname in a constructed command line is not escaped or filtered. This is caused by use of the system library function for execution of the ImageMagick convert fallback in magick-load. NOTE: GEGL releases before 0.4.34 are used in GIMP releases before 2.10.30; however, this does not imply that GIMP builds enable the vulnerable feature.
 (CVE-2021-45463)

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-5251-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183106

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5251-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45463

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gegl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gegl-0.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gegl-0.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgegl-0.2-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgegl-0.3-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgegl-0.4-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgegl-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgegl-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45463

USN: 5251-1