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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : object-path vulnerabilities (USN-5967-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 173269

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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 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5967-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the set() method in object-path could be corrupted as a result of prototype pollution by sending a message to the parent process. An attacker could use this issue to cause object- path to crash. (CVE-2020-15256, CVE-2021-23434, CVE-2021-3805)

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 node-object-path package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5967-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 173269

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5967-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23434

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15256

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:node-object-path

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: 3/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15256, CVE-2021-23434, CVE-2021-3805

USN: 5967-1