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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : IPython vulnerabilities (USN-5953-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172574

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5953-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that IPython incorrectly processed REST API POST requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to launch a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and leak user's sensitive information.
 This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-5607)

 It was discovered that IPython did not properly manage cross user temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2022-21699)

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-5953-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172574

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5953-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/15/2023

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: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5607

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21699

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ipython3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ipython3-qtconsole, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-ipython, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-ipython, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ipython3-notebook, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ipython-notebook, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ipython-qtconsole, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ipython, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ipython-notebook-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm

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: 3/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5607, CVE-2022-21699

USN: 5953-1