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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Apache Log4j vulnerabilities (USN-5998-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 173949

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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-5998-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the SocketServer component of Apache Log4j 1.2 incorrectly handled deserialization.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-17571)

 It was discovered that the JMSSink component of Apache Log4j 1.2 incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-23302)

 It was discovered that Apache Log4j 1.2 incorrectly handled certain SQL statements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an SQL injection attack and alter the database. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23305)

 It was discovered that the Chainsaw component of Apache Log4j 1.2 incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23307)

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 liblog4j1.2-java package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5998-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 173949

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5998-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/6/2023

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23307

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-2022-23305

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:liblog4j1.2-java

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: 4/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17571, CVE-2022-23302, CVE-2022-23305, CVE-2022-23307

USN: 5998-1