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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Ampache vulnerabilities (USN-4693-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145011

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4693-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that an SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Ampache search engine. Any user able to perform searches could dump any data contained in the database. An attacker could use this to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-12385)

 It was discovered that an XSS vulnerability in Ampache. An attacker could use this vulnerability to force an admin to create a new privileged user. (CVE-2019-12386)

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 ampache and / or ampache-common packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4693-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145011

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4693-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2021

Updated: 8/28/2024

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: 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-2019-12385

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:ampache, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ampache-common, 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: 1/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12385, CVE-2019-12386

USN: 4693-1