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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : phpCAS vulnerability (USN-6913-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 204923

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6913-2 advisory.

 USN-6913-1 fixed CVE-2022-39369 for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

 Original advisory details:

 Filip Hejsek discovered that phpCAS was using HTTP headers to determine the service URL used to validate tickets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to gain access to a victim's account on a vulnerable CASified service.

 This security update introduces an incompatible API change. After applying this update, third party applications need to be modified to pass in an additional service base URL argument when constructing the client class.

 For more information please refer to the section Upgrading 1.5.0 -> 1.6.0 of the phpCAS upgrading document:

 https://github.com/apereo/phpCAS/blob/master/docs/Upgrading

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 php-cas package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6913-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 204923

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6913-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2024

Updated: 7/31/2024

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: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-39369

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php-cas

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39369

USN: 6913-2