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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : HTCondor vulnerabilities (USN-4771-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183557

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4771-1 advisory.

 - The scheduler in HTCondor before 8.2.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2014-8126)

 - The condor_schedd component in HTCondor before 8.6.8 and 8.7.x before 8.7.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by leveraging use of GSI and VOMS extensions.
 (CVE-2017-16816)

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-4771-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183557

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4771-1.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-2014-8126

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:condor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:condor-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:htcondor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:htcondor-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclassad-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclassad5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclassad7

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: 1/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8126, CVE-2017-16816

USN: 4771-1