A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the WS-Security plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107. A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the WS-Security plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107.
    A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send an HTTP request to     trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-13578)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3745 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3745-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                          Adrian Bunk     February 29, 2024                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : gsoap     Version        : 2.8.75-1+deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2020-13574 CVE-2020-13575 CVE-2020-13576 CVE-2020-13577                      CVE-2020-13578     Debian Bug     : 983596

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in the gSOAP toolkit for     developing Web services.

    CVE-2020-13574

        WS-Security plugin denial-of-service

    CVE-2020-13575

        WS-Addressing plugin denial-of-service

    CVE-2020-13576

        WS-Addressing plugin code execution

    CVE-2020-13577

        WS-Security plugin denial-of-service

    CVE-2020-13578

        WS-Security plugin denial-of-service

    For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version     2.8.75-1+deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your gsoap packages.

    For the detailed security status of gsoap please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/gsoap

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-faea36a9c3 advisory.

  - A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the WS-Security plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107.
    A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send an HTTP request to     trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-13574, CVE-2020-13577, CVE-2020-13578)

  - A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the WS-Addressing plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP     2.8.107. A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send an HTTP     request to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-13575)

  - A code execution vulnerability exists in the WS-Addressing plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107.
    A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to remote code execution. An attacker can send an HTTP request     to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-13576)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
255479	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-13578	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
191459	Debian dla-3745 : gsoap - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	critical
147856	Fedora 33 : gsoap (2021-faea36a9c3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical

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