Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : CKEditor vulnerabilities (USN-5340-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183711

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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5340-2 advisory.

USN-5340-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in CKEditor. This update provides the fixes for CVE-2018-9861, CVE-2020-9281, CVE-2021-32809, CVE-2021-33829 and CVE-2021-37695 for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

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 ckeditor package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183711

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5340-2.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 10/23/2023

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33829

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ckeditor

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: 3/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-9861, CVE-2020-9281, CVE-2021-32809, CVE-2021-33829, CVE-2021-37695

IAVA: 2021-A-0384-S

USN: 5340-2

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