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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : Nette vulnerability (USN-5983-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 173653

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5983-1 advisory.

 - Nette versions before 2.0.19, 2.1.13, 2.2.10, 2.3.14, 2.4.16, 3.0.6 are vulnerable to an code injection attack by passing specially formed parameters to URL that may possibly leading to RCE. Nette is a PHP/Composer MVC Framework. (CVE-2020-15227)

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 php-nette package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5983-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 173653

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5983-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/29/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15227

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php-nette

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15227

USN: 5983-1