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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Twisted vulnerabilities (USN-5354-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159346

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5354-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly filtered HTTP headers when clients

 are being redirected to another origin. A remote attacker could use this issue

 to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21712)

 It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly processed SSH handshake data on

 connection establishments. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause

 Twisted to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-21716)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5354-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159346

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5354-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2022

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21712

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-mail, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-runner, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-web, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-conch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-twisted-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-words, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-news, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-twisted, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-names

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21712, CVE-2022-21716

USN: 5354-1