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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : JSON5 vulnerability (USN-6758-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194751

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6758-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the JSON5 parse method incorrectly handled the parsing of keys named \_\_proto\_\_.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to pollute the prototype of the returned object, setting arbitrary or unexpected keys, and cause a denial of service, allow unintended access to network services or have other unspecified impact, depending on the application's use of the module.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected node-json5 package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6758-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194751

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6758-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2024

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-46175

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-json5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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: 4/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46175

USN: 6758-1