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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4338-1)

🗓️ 23 Apr 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 're2c' package(s) announced via the USN-4338-1 advisory. Agostino Sarubbo discovered that re2c incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844400");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-11958");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-04-23 03:00:27 +0000 (Thu, 23 Apr 2020)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:07+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:07 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-04-29 18:51:07 +0000 (Wed, 29 Apr 2020)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4338-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU19\.10");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-4338-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4338-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 're2c' package(s) announced via the USN-4338-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Agostino Sarubbo discovered that re2c incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'re2c' package(s) on Ubuntu 19.10.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU19.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"re2c", ver:"1.2.1-1ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU19.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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