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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Puma vulnerabilities (USN-6682-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 191720

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6682-1 advisory.

 ZeddYu Lu discovered that Puma incorrectly handled parsing certain headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-11076)

 It was discovered that Puma incorrectly handled parsing certain headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2020-11077)

 Jean Boussier discovered that Puma might not always release resources properly after handling HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information. (CVE-2022-23634)

 It was discovered that Puma incorrectly handled certain malformed headers. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. (CVE-2022-24790)

 Ben Kallus discovered that Puma incorrectly handled parsing certain headers. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. (CVE-2023-40175)

 Bartek Nowotarski discovered that Puma incorrectly handled parsing certain encoded content. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21647)

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 puma package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6682-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 191720

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6682-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2024

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24790

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40175

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puma, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11076, CVE-2020-11077, CVE-2022-23634, CVE-2022-24790, CVE-2023-40175, CVE-2024-21647

USN: 6682-1