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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Redis vulnerabilities (USN-7321-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 228824

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 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-7321-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Redis incorrectly handled certain memory operations during pattern matching. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-31228)

 It was discovered that Redis incorrectly handled certain specially crafted Lua scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-46981)

 It was discovered that Redis incorrectly handled some malformed ACL selectors. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2024-51741)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7321-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 228824

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7321-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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-2024-46981

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/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:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:redis, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:redis-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:redis-sentinel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:redis-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-31228, CVE-2024-46981, CVE-2024-51741

USN: 7321-1