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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : GUPnP vulnerability (USN-4494-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 140590
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4494-1 advisory.It was discovered that GUPnP incorrectly handled certain subscription requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to exfiltrate data or use GUPnP to perform DDoS attacks.
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 gir1.2-gupnp-1.2, libgupnp-1.2-0 and / or libgupnp-1.2-dev packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 140590
File Name: ubuntu_USN-4494-1.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 9/15/2020
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: High
Score: 7.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12695
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgupnp-1.2-0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgupnp-1.2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gupnp-1.2
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: 9/15/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-12695
USN: 4494-1