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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : oslo.utils vulnerability (USN-5369-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159594

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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 / 21.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5369-1 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in python-oslo-utils. Due to improper parsing, passwords with a double quote ( ) in them cause incorrect masking in debug logs, causing any part of the password after the double quote to be plaintext. (CVE-2022-0718)

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 python-oslo.utils and / or python3-oslo.utils packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5369-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159594

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5369-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/7/2022

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0718

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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:python-oslo-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-oslo.utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-oslo-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-oslo.utils

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0718

USN: 5369-1