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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Netty vulnerabilities (USN-6994-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206685

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6994-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Netty did not properly sanitize its input parameters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2023-34462)

 It was discovered that Netty incorrectly handled request cancellation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Netty to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-44487)

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 libnetty-java package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6994-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206685

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6994-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/5/2024

Updated: 9/6/2024

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: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnetty-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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: 9/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-34462, CVE-2023-44487

USN: 6994-1