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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : Gradle vulnerabilities (USN-4858-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183632

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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 packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4858-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Gradle used an insecure HTTP URL to download dependencies when the built-in JavaScript or CoffeeScript Gradle plugins were used. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2019-11065)

 It was discovered that the PGP signing plugin in Gradle relied on the insecure SHA-1 algorithm. An attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct spoofing attacks. (CVE-2019-16370)

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 gradle, libgradle-core-java and / or libgradle-plugins-java packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4858-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183632

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4858-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16370

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgradle-plugins-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgradle-core-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gradle

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: 4/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11065, CVE-2019-16370

USN: 4858-1