Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : ClickHouse vulnerabilities (USN-6933-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 204921

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6933-1 advisory.

It was discovered that ClickHouse incorrectly handled memory, leading to a heap out-of-bounds data read.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or leak sensitive information.
(CVE-2021-42387, CVE-2021-41388)

It was discovered that ClickHouse incorrectly handled memory, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2021-43305)

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-6933-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 204921

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6933-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2024

Updated: 8/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43305

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:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clickhouse-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clickhouse-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clickhouse-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clickhouse-tools

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42387, CVE-2021-42388, CVE-2021-43305

USN: 6933-1