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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4519-1)

🗓️ 18 Sep 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'pulseaudio' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04 is missing an update announced via the USN-4519-1 advisory. It is vulnerable to CVE-2020-15710 which could result in denial of service or arbitrary code execution

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844589");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-15710");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-09-18 03:00:23 +0000 (Fri, 18 Sep 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:"3.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-11-30 15:21:01 +0000 (Mon, 30 Nov 2020)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4519-1)");
  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=UBUNTU16\.04\ LTS");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-4519-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4519-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'pulseaudio' package(s) announced via the USN-4519-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Ratchanan Srirattanamet discovered that an Ubuntu-specific patch caused
PulseAudio to incorrectly handle memory under certain error conditions in the
Bluez 5 module. An attacker could use this issue to cause PulseAudio to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-15710)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'pulseaudio' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04.");

  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 == "UBUNTU16.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpulse-mainloop-glib0", ver:"1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libpulse0", ver:"1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pulseaudio", ver:"1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pulseaudio-module-bluetooth", ver:"1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pulseaudio-utils", ver:"1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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18 Sep 2020 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS23.6
CVSS35.3 - 6.1
EPSS0.00035
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