Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Coin3D vulnerability (USN-4825-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183570

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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-4825-1 advisory.

- XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD. (CVE-2017-9233)

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 libcoin80-dev, libcoin80-runtime and / or libcoin80v5 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183570

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4825-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9233

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcoin80, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcoin80-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcoin80-runtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcoin80v5

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: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9233

USN: 4825-1

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