The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6473-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP Authorization header on cross-origin redirects. A remote     attacker could possibly use this

    issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2018-25091)

    It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP Cookie header on

    cross-origin redirects. A remote attacker could possibly use this

    issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-43804)

    It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP body on status code 303 redirects under certain     circumstances. A remote attacker could

    possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-45803)

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.

Detections

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : urllib3 vulnerabilities (USN-6473-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 185342

Version 1.2

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Version 1.2 Sep 18, 2024, 8:52 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:U") Plugin Feed: 202409180852
Version 1.1 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 9.3) CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.0 Nov 7, 2023, 9:51 PM New Plugin Feed: 202311072151