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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : RDFLib vulnerability (USN-4535-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 140754

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4535-1 advisory.

 - The Debian python-rdflib-tools 4.2.2-1 package for RDFLib 4.2.2 has CLI tools that can load Python modules from the current working directory, allowing code injection, because python -m looks in this directory, as demonstrated by rdf2dot. This issue is specific to use of the debian/scripts directory. (CVE-2019-7653)

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

Solution

Update the affected python-rdflib, python-rdflib-tools and / or python3-rdflib packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4535-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 140754

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4535-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/23/2020

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-7653

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-rdflib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-rdflib-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-rdflib

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: 9/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-7653

USN: 4535-1