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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Paramiko vulnerability (USN-5351-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159331

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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-5351-1 advisory.

 Jan Schejbal discovered that Paramiko incorrectly handled permissions when writing private key files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain access to private keys.

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-paramiko and / or python3-paramiko packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5351-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159331

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5351-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2022

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24302

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-paramiko, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-paramiko

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: 3/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24302

USN: 5351-1