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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : dom4j vulnerability (USN-4619-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142499

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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-4619-1 advisory.

 Mrio Areias discovered that dom4j did not properly validate XML document elements. An attacker could exploit this with a crafted XML file to cause dom4j to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1000632)

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 libdom4j-java package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4619-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142499

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4619-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2020

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-2018-1000632

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:libdom4j-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

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: 11/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000632

BID: 106608

USN: 4619-1