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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : nginx vulnerability (USN-7014-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 208280

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7014-2 advisory.

 USN-7014-1 fixed a vulnerability in nginx. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.



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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7014-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 208280

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7014-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/8/2024

Updated: 10/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-7347

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-stream, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-headers-more-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-uploadprogress, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-geoip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-light, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-echo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-nchan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-dav-ext, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-image-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-ndk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-perl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-extras, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-lua, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-cache-purge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-mail, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-rtmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7347

USN: 7014-2