Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : nginx vulnerabilities (USN-5722-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167542

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5722-1 advisory.

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled certain memory operations in the ngx_http_mp4_module module. A local attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted mp4 file to cause nginx to crash, stop responding, or access arbitrary memory. (CVE-2022-41741, CVE-2022-41742)

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-5722-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167542

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5722-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2022

Updated: 9/19/2024

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41741

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 7.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41742

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-stream, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-stream-geoip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-headers-more-filter, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-uploadprogress, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-geoip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-stream-geoip2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-light, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-echo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-geoip2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-nchan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-naxsi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-dav-ext, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-image-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-naxsi-ui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-ndk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-extras, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-lua, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-cache-purge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-mail, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-rtmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41741, CVE-2022-41742

IAVA: 2022-A-0440-S

USN: 5722-1