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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : lwIP vulnerabilities (USN-8423-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 320846

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8423-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that lwIP contained a buffer overflow in the EAP authentication handling code. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-8597)

 It was discovered that lwIP incorrectly handled certain ICMPv6 or 6LoWPAN packets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in information disclosure. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22283, CVE-2020-22284)

 It was discovered that lwIP did not properly validate certain SNMPv3 authentication parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. (CVE-2026-8836)

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 liblwip-dev, liblwip0 and / or liblwip0t64 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8423-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 320846

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8423-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2026

Updated: 6/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8836

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblwip-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblwip0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblwip0t64

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-22283, CVE-2020-22284, CVE-2020-8597, CVE-2026-8836

USN: 8423-1