Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : http-parser vulnerability (USN-5563-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164031

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5563-1 advisory.

It was discovered that http-parser incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass security controls or gain unauthorized access to sensitive data.

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-parser-dev and / or libhttp-parser2.7.1 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164031

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5563-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 8/10/2022

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2020-8287

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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhttp-parser-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhttp-parser2.7.1

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: 8/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8287

USN: 5563-1

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