Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Snapcast vulnerability (USN-8767-1)
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-36177 | 23 Jan 202422:15 | – | alpinelinux | |
| February Linux Patch Wednesday | 25 Feb 202510:19 | – | avleonov | |
| CVE-2023-36177 | 23 Jan 202423:27 | – | circl | |
| Snapcast Security Breach | 23 Jan 202400:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2023-36177 | 23 Jan 202400:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2023-36177 | 23 Jan 202400:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 4252-1] snapcast security update | 27 Jul 202500:17 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 5847-1] snapcast security update | 21 Jan 202519:34 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2023-36177 | 23 Jan 202400:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian dla-4252 : snapclient - security update | 27 Jul 202500:00 | – | nessus |
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8767-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(346231);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/09/16");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-36177");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8767-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Snapcast vulnerability (USN-8767-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-8767-1 advisory.
It was discovered that Snapcast incorrectly handled crafted JSON-RPC requests. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information.
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.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8767-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected snapclient and / or snapserver packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-36177");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/01/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/09/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/09/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:snapclient");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:snapserver");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'snapclient', 'pkgver': '0.18.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'snapserver', 'pkgver': '0.18.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'snapclient', 'pkgver': '0.25.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'snapserver', 'pkgver': '0.25.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'snapclient', 'pkgver': '0.27.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'snapserver', 'pkgver': '0.27.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'snapclient / snapserver');
}
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16 Sep 2026 00:00Current
8.5High risk
Vulners AI Score8.5
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.27523
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