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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Crypto++ vulnerability (USN-4827-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183585

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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-4827-1 advisory.

 - Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 5.6.5 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in zinflate.cpp in the Inflator filter. (CVE-2017-9434)

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 libcrypto++-dev, libcrypto++-utils and / or libcrypto++9v5 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4827-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183585

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4827-1.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: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9434

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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:libcrypto%2b%2b-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrypto%2b%2b-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrypto%2b%2b9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrypto%2b%2b9v5

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: 6/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9434

USN: 4827-1