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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : PyMySQL vulnerability (USN-6801-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 198153

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6801-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that PyMySQL incorrectly escaped untrusted JSON input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection attacks.

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 python3-pymysql package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6801-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 198153

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6801-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/30/2024

Updated: 5/30/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36039

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pymysql

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36039

USN: 6801-1