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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : OpenRefine vulnerabilities (USN-7260-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 215187

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7260-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly handle opening tar files. If a user or application were tricked into opening a crafted tar file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-37476)

 It was discovered that OpenRefine incorrectly handled file permissions and user authentication. An unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-41886, CVE-2023-41887)

 It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly disallow database settings to be modified when queried.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-23833)

 It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly sanitize the GET parameter for authorized commands, leading to a cross site scripting vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47878)

 It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly prevent cross-site request forgery when running the preview-expression command. If a user or application were tricked into opening a specially crafted webpage, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47879)

 It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly handle HTTP headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47880)

 It was discovered that OpenRefine incorrectly handled database extensions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47881)

 It was discovered that OpenRefine did not properly escape HTML tags in exception messages, which could enable code injection. If a user or application were tricked into opening a malicious file, an attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47882)

 It was discovered that OpenRefine did not correctly handle paths when executing the load-language command.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. (CVE-2024-49760)

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 openrefine package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7260-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 215187

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7260-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2025

Updated: 2/10/2025

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41887

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openrefine

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-37476, CVE-2023-41886, CVE-2023-41887, CVE-2024-23833, CVE-2024-47878, CVE-2024-47879, CVE-2024-47880, CVE-2024-47881, CVE-2024-47882, CVE-2024-49760

USN: 7260-1