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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Libmobi vulnerabilities (USN-7638-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242341

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7638-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Libmobi did not correctly handle certain memory operations, which could lead to a buffer overflow. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
 (CVE-2022-1907, CVE-2022-1908)

 It was discovered that Libmobi could dereference a NULL pointer via the component mobi_buffer_getpointer.
 A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-29788)

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 libmobi-dev, libmobi-tools and / or libmobi0 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7638-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242341

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7638-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/18/2025

Updated: 7/18/2025

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: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1908

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmobi-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmobi-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmobi0

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: 7/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1907, CVE-2022-1908, CVE-2022-29788

USN: 7638-1