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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM : EditorConfig Core C vulnerability (USN-5842-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171014

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5842-1 advisory.

 - A stack buffer overflow exists in the ec_glob function of editorconfig-core-c before v0.12.6 which allowed an attacker to arbitrarily write to the stack and possibly allows remote code execution. editorconfig- core-c v0.12.6 resolved this vulnerability by bound checking all write operations over the p_pcre buffer.
 (CVE-2023-0341)

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 editorconfig, libeditorconfig-dev and / or libeditorconfig0 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5842-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171014

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5842-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2023

Updated: 10/16/2023

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0341

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:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:editorconfig, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libeditorconfig-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libeditorconfig0

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: 2/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0341

USN: 5842-1