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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Gunicorn vulnerability (USN-4022-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 126067
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4022-1 advisory.It was discovered that gunicorn improperly handled certain input. An attacker could potentially use this issue execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 126067
File Name: ubuntu_USN-4022-1.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 6/20/2019
Updated: 8/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000164
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gunicorn-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gunicorn3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-gunicorn, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gunicorn, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-gunicorn
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1000164
USN: 4022-1