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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : GNOME grilo vulnerability (USN-5055-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152917

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 21.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5055-1 advisory.

 - In GNOME grilo though 0.3.13, grl-net-wc.c does not enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionAsync objects it creates, leaving users vulnerable to network MITM attacks. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2016-20011. (CVE-2021-39365)

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-5055-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152917

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5055-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/31/2021

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39365

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-grilo-0.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-grilo-0.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgrilo-0.2-1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgrilo-0.2-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgrilo-0.2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgrilo-0.3-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgrilo-0.3-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgrilo-0.3-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: 8/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39365

USN: 5055-1