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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Nettle vulnerability (USN-4906-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148491

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4906-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled signature verification. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Nettle to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly force invalid signatures.

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4906-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148491

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4906-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/14/2021

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20305

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhogweed4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nettle-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnettle6, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnettle7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nettle-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhogweed5

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20305

USN: 4906-1