Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : unixODBC vulnerability (USN-6715-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192637

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6715-1 advisory.

- An out-of-bounds stack write flaw was found in unixODBC on 64-bit architectures where the caller has 4 bytes and callee writes 8 bytes. This issue may go unnoticed on little-endian architectures, while big- endian architectures can be broken. (CVE-2024-1013)

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-6715-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192637

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6715-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2024

Updated: 3/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1013

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libodbc1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libodbc2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libodbccr2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libodbcinst2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:odbcinst, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:odbcinst1debian2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unixodbc-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unixodbc-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1013

USN: 6715-1