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HistoryApr 28, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : ZenLib vulnerability (USN-6048-1)

2023-04-2800:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2023-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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ubuntu
zenlib vulnerability
usn-6048-1
mediaarea
unchecked return value
null pointer dereference
upgrade
vdb-217629
cve-2020-36646

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.8%

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6048-1 advisory.

  • A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MediaArea ZenLib up to 0.4.38. This affects the function Ztring::Date_From_Seconds_1970_Local of the file Source/ZenLib/Ztring.cpp. The manipulation of the argument Value leads to unchecked return value to null pointer dereference. Upgrading to version 0.4.39 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 6475fcccd37c9cf17e0cfe263b5fe0e2e47a8408.
    It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217629 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-36646)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6048-1. 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(174929);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-36646");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6048-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : ZenLib vulnerability (USN-6048-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-6048-1 advisory.

  - A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MediaArea ZenLib up to 0.4.38. This affects
    the function Ztring::Date_From_Seconds_1970_Local of the file Source/ZenLib/Ztring.cpp. The manipulation
    of the argument Value leads to unchecked return value to null pointer dereference. Upgrading to version
    0.4.39 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 6475fcccd37c9cf17e0cfe263b5fe0e2e47a8408.
    It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217629 was assigned to this
    vulnerability. (CVE-2020-36646)

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-6048-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected libzen-dev and / or libzen0v5 packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-36646");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/01/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/04/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/04/28");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzen-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzen0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzen0v5");
  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) 2023-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023-2024 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 (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04', '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': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libzen-dev', 'pkgver': '0.4.32-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libzen0v5', 'pkgver': '0.4.32-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libzen-dev', 'pkgver': '0.4.37-1ubuntu0.18.04.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libzen0v5', 'pkgver': '0.4.37-1ubuntu0.18.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libzen-dev', 'pkgver': '0.4.37-1ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libzen0v5', 'pkgver': '0.4.37-1ubuntu0.20.04.1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach 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 (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libzen-dev / libzen0v5');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux20.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibzen-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzen-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibzen0p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzen0
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibzen0v5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzen0v5

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.8%