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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Collabtive vulnerability (USN-4590-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141539

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4590-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Collabtive did not properly validate avatar image file uploads. An authenticated user could exploit this with a crafted file to cause Collabtive to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0258)

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 collabtive package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4590-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141539

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4590-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2020

Updated: 8/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2015-0258

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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:collabtive, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

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: 10/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0258

USN: 4590-1