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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Jinja2 vulnerabilities (USN-7244-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214801

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7244-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Jinja2 incorrectly handled certain filenames when compiling template content. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-56201)

 It was discovered that Jinja2 incorrectly handled string formatting calls. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-56326)

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 python-jinja2 and / or python3-jinja2 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7244-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214801

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7244-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/30/2025

Updated: 1/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: 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-2024-56201

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56326

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-jinja2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-jinja2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56201, CVE-2024-56326

USN: 7244-1