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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Shibboleth vulnerability (USN-4925-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 148953

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4925-1 advisory.

 - Shibboleth Service Provider before 3.2.1 allows content injection because template generation uses attacker-controlled parameters. (CVE-2021-28963)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4925-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 148953

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4925-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2021

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28963

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-shib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-shib2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libshibsp-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libshibsp-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libshibsp8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:shibboleth-sp-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:shibboleth-sp-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:shibboleth-sp2-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:shibboleth-sp2-utils

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28963

USN: 4925-1