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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : NLTK vulnerability (USN-4106-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 128049
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4106-1 advisory.Mike Salvatore discovered that NLTK mishandled crafted ZIP archives during extraction. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem
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 python-nltk and / or python3-nltk packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 128049
File Name: ubuntu_USN-4106-1.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 8/21/2019
Updated: 8/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2019-14751
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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-nltk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-nltk
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-14751
USN: 4106-1