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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Varnish Cache vulnerabilities (USN-5474-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 161982

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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 / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5474-1 advisory.

 It was dicovered that Varnish Cache did not clear a pointer between the handling of one client request and the next request within the same connection. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2019-20637)

 It was discovered that Varnish Cache could have an assertion failure when a TLS termination proxy uses PROXY version 2. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to restart the daemon and cause a performance loss. (CVE-2020-11653)

 It was discovered that Varnish Cache allowed request smuggling and VCL authorization bypass via a large Content-Length header for a POST request. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-36740)

 It was discovered that Varnish Cache allowed request smuggling for HTTP/1 connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-23959)

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-5474-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 161982

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5474-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/9/2022

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23959

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:varnish, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvarnishapi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvarnishapi1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvarnishapi-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20637, CVE-2020-11653, CVE-2021-36740, CVE-2022-23959

USN: 5474-1