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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : nginx vulnerability (USN-4967-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149991

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 20.10 / 21.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4967-1 advisory. 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-4967-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149991

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4967-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/27/2021

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-cache-purge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-dav-ext, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-echo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-geoip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-geoip2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-headers-more-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-image-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-lua, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-ndk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-uploadprogress, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-mail, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-nchan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-rtmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnginx-mod-stream, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-extras, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nginx-light

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: 5/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23017

USN: 4967-1