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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : GUPnP vulnerability (USN-4970-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150130

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 20.10 / 21.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4970-1 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in GUPnP before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.5. It allows DNS rebinding. A remote web server can exploit this vulnerability to trick a victim's browser into triggering actions against local UPnP services implemented using this library. Depending on the affected service, this could be used for data exfiltration, data tempering, etc. (CVE-2021-33516)

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 gir1.2-gupnp-1.2, libgupnp-1.2-0 and / or libgupnp-1.2-dev packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4970-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150130

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4970-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2021

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33516

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:gir1.2-gupnp-1.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgupnp-1.2-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgupnp-1.2-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33516

USN: 4970-1