Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : uWSGI vulnerability (USN-5054-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 152913

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5054-1 advisory.

- Apache HTTP server 2.4.32 to 2.4.44 mod_proxy_uwsgi info disclosure and possible RCE (CVE-2020-11984)

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-5054-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 152913

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5054-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/30/2021

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: 6.7

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-2020-11984

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:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-proxy-uwsgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-ruwsgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-uwsgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-uwsgidecorators, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-uwsgidecorators, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-app-integration-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-emperor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-infrastructure-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-alarm-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-alarm-xmpp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-asyncio-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-asyncio-python3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-curl-cron, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-emperor-pg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-fiber, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-gccgo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-geoip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-gevent-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-glusterfs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-graylog2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-greenlet-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-jvm-openjdk-8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-jwsgi-openjdk-8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-lua5.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-lua5.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-mono, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-psgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-python3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-rack-ruby2.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-rados, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-rbthreads, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-ring-openjdk-8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-router-access, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-servlet-openjdk-8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-tornado-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugin-xslt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-plugins-all, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uwsgi-src

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: 8/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11984

IAVA: 2020-A-0376-S, 2021-A-0032

USN: 5054-1