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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GNU C Library vulnerabilities (USN-2519-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81572

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Synopsis

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

Description

Arnaud Le Blanc discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled file descriptors when resolving DNS queries under high load. This may cause a denial of service in other applications, or an information leak. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-7423)

It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled receiving a positive answer while processing the network name when performing DNS resolution. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to hang, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-9402)

Joseph Myers discovered that the GNU C Library wscanf function incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-1472, CVE-2015-1473).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2519-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81572

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2519-1.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2015

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2015-1472

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9402

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-amd64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-armel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-amd64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-armel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-i386, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-ppc64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-x32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-i386, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-pic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-ppc64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-prof, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-x32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-dns-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-files-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:multiarch-support, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nscd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:eglibc-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc-dev-bin

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: 2/26/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7423, CVE-2014-9402, CVE-2015-1472, CVE-2015-1473

BID: 71670, 72428, 72499

USN: 2519-1