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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : wheel vulnerability (USN-5821-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170728

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5821-2 advisory.

 - An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli. (CVE-2022-40898)

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-wheel, python-wheel-common and / or python3-wheel packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5821-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170728

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5821-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2023

Updated: 7/10/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40898

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-wheel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-wheel-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-wheel

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: 1/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40898

USN: 5821-2