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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Firebird vulnerability (USN-4822-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183550

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4822-1 advisory.

 - Insufficient checks in the UDF subsystem in Firebird 2.5.x before 2.5.7 and 3.0.x before 3.0.2 allow remote authenticated users to execute code by using a 'system' entrypoint from fbudf.so. (CVE-2017-6369)

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-4822-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183550

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4822-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6369

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firebird-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firebird2.5-classic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firebird2.5-classic-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firebird2.5-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firebird2.5-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firebird2.5-server-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firebird2.5-super, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firebird2.5-superclassic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfbclient2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfbembed2.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libib-util

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6369

USN: 4822-1