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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : dwarfutils vulnerabilities (USN-7576-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 240199

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7576-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that dwarfutils did not correctly certain memory operations, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

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

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 dwarfdump, libdwarf-dev and / or libdwarf1 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7576-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240199

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7576-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2025

Updated: 6/19/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-32200

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dwarfdump, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdwarf-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdwarf1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-32200

USN: 7576-1