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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Bootstrap vulnerabilities (USN-7556-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 237866

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7556-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Bootstrap did not correctly sanitize certain input in the carousel component. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2024-6484, CVE-2024-6531)

 It was discovered that Bootstrap did not correctly sanitize certain input in the button plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2024-6485)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected fonts-glyphicons-halflings, libjs-bootstrap and / or libjs-bootstrap4 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7556-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 237866

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7556-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2025

Updated: 9/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6485

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjs-bootstrap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fonts-glyphicons-halflings, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjs-bootstrap4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6485

USN: 7556-1