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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : GNU Guix vulnerability (USN-8773-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 346810

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8773-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that GNU Guix incorrectly made build outputs accessible to local users before their file metadata was finalized. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain elevated privileges.

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 guix package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8773-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 346810

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8773-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2026

Updated: 9/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.33

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27297

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:guix

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: 9/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27297, CVE-2024-52867

USN: 8773-1