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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : url-parse vulnerabilities (USN-5973-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 173433

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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 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5973-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that url-parse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or to perform a server-side request forgery attack or open redirect attack.
 (CVE-2018-3774)

 It was discovered that url-parse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass input validation. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2020-8124)

 Yaniv Nizry discovered that url-parse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or to perform a server-side request forgery attack or open redirect attack.
 This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-27515)

 It was discovered that url-parse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or to perform a server-side request forgery attack or open redirect attack.
 This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3664)

 It was discovered that url-parse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authorization. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0512, CVE-2022-0639, CVE-2022-0691)

 Rohan Sharma discovered that url-parse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authorization. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2022-0686)

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-url-parse package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5973-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 173433

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5973-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 6.7

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-2022-0691

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2018-3774

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-url-parse

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: 3/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-3774, CVE-2020-8124, CVE-2021-27515, CVE-2021-3664, CVE-2022-0512, CVE-2022-0639, CVE-2022-0686, CVE-2022-0691

USN: 5973-1