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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-34095

🗓️ 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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CVE-2023-34095: cpdb-libs 1.0-2.0b4 scanf overflow; patch caps at 1023 chars; vendor patch absent.

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cpdb-libs 安全漏洞
14 Jun 202300:00
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CVE-2023-34095
14 Jun 202316:58
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CVE-2023-34095 cpdb-libs vulnerable to buffer overflows via scanf
14 Jun 202316:58
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CVE-2023-34095
14 Jun 202316:58
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3 Oct 202520:07
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14 Jun 202317:15
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6 Jul 202300:00
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CVE-2023-34095 cpdb-libs vulnerable to buffer overflows via scanf
14 Jun 202316:58
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14 Jun 202317:15
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14 Jun 202300:00
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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(250420);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/08/18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-34095");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-34095");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - cpdb-libs provides frontend and backend libraries for the Common Printing Dialog Backends (CPDB) project.
    In versions 1.0 through 2.0b4, cpdb-libs is vulnerable to buffer overflows via improper use of `scanf(3)`.
    cpdb-libs uses the `fscanf()` and `scanf()` functions to parse command lines and configuration files,
    dropping the read string components into fixed-length buffers, but does not limit the length of the
    strings to be read by `fscanf()` and `scanf()` causing buffer overflows when a string is longer than 1023
    characters. A patch for this issue is available at commit f181bd1f14757c2ae0f17cc76dc20421a40f30b7. As all
    buffers have a length of 1024 characters, the patch limits the maximum string length to be read to 1023 by
    replacing all occurrences of `%s` with `%1023s` in all calls of the `fscanf()` and `scanf()` functions.
    (CVE-2023-34095)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-34095");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  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-2023-34095");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/06/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cpdb-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-18.04");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cpdb-libs"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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18 Aug 2025 00:00Current
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