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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : libseccomp-golang vulnerability (USN-9069-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 381362

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-9069-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that libseccomp-golang incorrectly generated BPF filters for rules that specified multiple syscall arguments, matching any one of the arguments instead of all of them. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended seccomp restrictions.

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 golang-github-seccomp-libseccomp-golang-dev package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-9069-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 381362

File Name: ubuntu_USN-9069-1.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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18367

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-github-seccomp-libseccomp-golang-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18367

USN: 9069-1