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Ubuntu 23.10 : LibTomMath vulnerability (USN-6402-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186327

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6402-2 advisory.

 - Integer Overflow vulnerability in mp_grow in libtom libtommath before commit beba892bc0d4e4ded4d667ab1d2a94f4d75109a9, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service (DoS). (CVE-2023-36328)

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 libtommath-dev and / or libtommath1 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6402-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186327

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6402-2.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/27/2023

Updated: 11/27/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36328

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtommath-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtommath1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36328

USN: 6402-2