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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Bottle vulnerability (USN-5105-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 153910
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5105-1 advisory.It was discovered that Bottle incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cache malicious requests.
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 python-bottle and / or python3-bottle packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 153910
File Name: ubuntu_USN-5105-1.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 10/7/2021
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: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28473
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-bottle, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-bottle
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: 10/6/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-28473
USN: 5105-1