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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : FreeIPA vulnerabilities (USN-4792-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183738

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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-4792-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that FreeIPA incorrectly handled certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service by revoking arbitrary certificates This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
 (CVE-2016-5404)

 It was discovered that FreeIPA incorrectly handled authentication attempts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-7030)

 It was discovered that FreeIPA incorrectly handled user's permissions. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to modify other user's profiles or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-9575)

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-4792-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183738

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4792-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2023

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9575

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeipa-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeipa-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeipa-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeipa-admintools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-freeipa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeipa-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-ipatests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-ipaserver

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5404, CVE-2016-7030, CVE-2016-9575

USN: 4792-1