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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Apache ZooKeeper vulnerabilities (USN-4789-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183528

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4789-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Apache ZooKeeper incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2016-5017)

 It was discovered that Apache ZooKeeper incorrectly implemented wchp/wchc commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-5637)

 It was discovered that Apache Zookeeper incorrectly handled clusters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-8012)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4789-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183528

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4789-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzookeeper-mt2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zookeeper, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzookeeper2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzookeeper-st2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzookeeper-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzookeeper-st-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-zookeeper, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zookeeper-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzookeeper-mt-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zookeeperd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5017, CVE-2017-5637, CVE-2018-8012

IAVB: 2018-B-0069-S, 2019-B-0041-S

USN: 4789-1