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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : SPIP vulnerabilities (USN-4536-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140786

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4536-1 advisory.

 Youssouf Boulouiz discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled login error messages. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2019-16392)

 Gilles Vincent discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled password reset requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause SPIP to enumerate registered users. (CVE-2019-16394)

 Guillaume Fahrner discovered that SPIP did not properly sanitize input. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code on the host server. (CVE-2019-11071)

 Sylvain Lefevre discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled user authorization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify and publish content and modify the database. (CVE-2019-16391)

 It was discovered that SPIP did not properly sanitize input. A remote attacker could, through cross-site scripting (XSS) and PHP injection, exploit this to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. (CVE-2017-15736)

 Alexis Zucca discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled the media plugin. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to write to the database. (CVE-2019-19830)

 Christophe Laffont discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled redirect URLs. An attacker could use this issue to cause SPIP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2019-16393)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected spip package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4536-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140786

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4536-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2020

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11071

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:spip

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: 9/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15736, CVE-2019-11071, CVE-2019-16391, CVE-2019-16392, CVE-2019-16393, CVE-2019-16394, CVE-2019-19830

USN: 4536-1