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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : NLTK vulnerability (USN-4106-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128049

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Mike Salvatore discovered that NLTK mishandled crafted ZIP archives during extraction. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.

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Solution

Update the affected python-nltk and / or python3-nltk packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4106-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128049

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4106-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/21/2019

Updated: 10/21/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14751

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-nltk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-nltk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14751

USN: 4106-1