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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Lhasa vulnerability (USN-9073-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 381345

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-9073-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Lhasa incorrectly handled certain LHA archive headers, leading to an integer underflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted archive, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Lhasa to crash 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 lhasa and / or liblhasa0 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-9073-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 381345

File Name: ubuntu_USN-9073-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2026

Updated: 11/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.51

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-2016-2347

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:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lhasa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblhasa0

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: 11/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2347

USN: 9073-1