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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Werkzeug vulnerabilities (USN-4655-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143430

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4655-1 advisory.

 - Pallets Werkzeug before 0.15.3, when used with Docker, has insufficient debugger PIN randomness because Docker containers share the same machine id. (CVE-2019-14806)

 - Open redirect vulnerability in werkzeug before 0.11.6 via a double slash in the URL. (CVE-2020-28724)

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-werkzeug and / or python3-werkzeug packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4655-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143430

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4655-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2020

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: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28724

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14806

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 12/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14806, CVE-2020-28724

USN: 4655-1