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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Zabbix vulnerabilities (USN-4767-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183641

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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 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4767-1 advisory.

 Fu Chuang discovered that Zabbix did not properly parse IPs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-11800)

 It was discovered that Zabbix incorrectly handled certain requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
 (CVE-2017-2824, CVE-2017-2825)

 It was discovered that Zabbix incorrectly handled certain XML files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files or potentially execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-3005)

 It was discovered that Zabbix incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-10134, CVE-2016-4338)

 It was discovered that Zabbix incorrectly handled the request parameter. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to redirect requests to external links. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-10742)

 It was discovered that Zabbix incorrectly handled failed login attempts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to enumerate users. (CVE-2019-15132)

 It was discovered that Zabbix did not properly validate input. A remote attacker could exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-15803)

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-4767-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183641

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4767-1.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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11800

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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zabbix-java-gateway, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zabbix-proxy-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zabbix-proxy-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zabbix-server-pgsql, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zabbix-server-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zabbix-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zabbix-frontend-php, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zabbix-proxy-pgsql, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-: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: 6/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3005, CVE-2016-10134, CVE-2016-10742, CVE-2016-4338, CVE-2017-2824, CVE-2017-2825, CVE-2019-15132, CVE-2020-11800, CVE-2020-15803

USN: 4767-1