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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : thenify vulnerability (USN-6016-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 174271

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6016-1 advisory.

 - This affects the package thenify before 3.3.1. The name argument provided to the package can be controlled by users without any sanitization, and this is provided to the eval function without any sanitization.
 (CVE-2020-7677)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected node-thenify package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6016-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 174271

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6016-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2023

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7677

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-thenify, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

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: 4/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7677

USN: 6016-1