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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : libeconf vulnerability (USN-8368-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 318623

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8368-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that libeconf did not properly check the size of input when copying data to a buffer. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libeconf to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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 libeconf-dev and / or libeconf0 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8368-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 318623

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8368-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/4/2026

Updated: 6/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2023-22652

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:libeconf-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libeconf0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22652

USN: 8368-1