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Ubuntu 21.04 : SQL parse vulnerability (USN-5085-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153573

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 21.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5085-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that SQL parse incorrectly handled certain regular expression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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 python3-sqlparse and / or sqlformat packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5085-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153573

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5085-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2021

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32839

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-sqlparse, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sqlformat

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32839

USN: 5085-1