Executive Summary

Summary
Title libffi vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3454-1 First vendor Publication 2017-10-12
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-10-12
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

A security issue was fixed in libffi.

Software Description: - libffi: Foreign Function Interface library

Details:

It was discovered that libffi incorrectly enforced an executable stack. An attacker could possibly use this issue, in combination with another vulnerability, to facilitate executing arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libffi6 3.1~rc1+r3.0.13-12ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3454-1
CVE-2017-1000376

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libffi/3.1~rc1+r3.0.13-12ubuntu0.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3454-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 2
Application 1
Application 1
Os 2
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-10-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3454-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-3fcc0d9152.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-997.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3889.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-11-04 09:25:52
  • Multiple Updates
2017-10-14 13:25:00
  • Multiple Updates
2017-10-12 21:22:47
  • First insertion