Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : .NET vulnerability (USN-6693-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191960

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6693-1 advisory.

- .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2024-21392)

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-6693-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191960

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6693-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/12/2024

Updated: 4/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21392

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-8.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-7.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21392

IAVA: 2024-A-0151-S

USN: 6693-1