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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : Netty vulnerabilities (USN-4866-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183139

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4866-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Netty incorrectly implements HTTP/2. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9512, CVE-2019-9514, CVE-2019-9515, CVE-2019-9518)

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 libnetty-java package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4866-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183139

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4866-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9518

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnetty-java

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9512, CVE-2019-9514, CVE-2019-9515, CVE-2019-9518

USN: 4866-1