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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : HTTP-Daemon vulnerability (USN-5520-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 163106
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5520-1 advisory.It was discovered that HTTP-Daemon incorrectly handled certain crafted requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack.
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 libhttp-daemon-perl package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 163106
File Name: ubuntu_USN-5520-1.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 7/14/2022
Updated: 8/29/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31081
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:libhttp-daemon-perl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts
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: 7/14/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-31081
USN: 5520-1