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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 ESM : ModSecurity vulnerabilities (USN-6370-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181427

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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 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6370-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain nested JSON objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-42717)

 It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain HTTP multipart requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass ModSecurity restrictions. (CVE-2022-48279)

 It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain file uploads. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a buffer overflow and a firewall failure. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-24021)

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 libapache2-mod-security2 and / or libapache2-modsecurity packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6370-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181427

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6370-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/14/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42717

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24021

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-modsecurity, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-security2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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: 9/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42717, CVE-2022-48279, CVE-2023-24021

USN: 6370-1