Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Erlang vulnerability (USN-6059-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 175284

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6059-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Erlang did not properly implement TLS client certificate validation during the TLS handshake. A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass client authentication.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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-6059-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 175284

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6059-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/8/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37026

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:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-asn1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-base-hipe, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-common-test, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-crypto, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-debugger, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-dialyzer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-edoc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-et, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-eunit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-inets, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-megaco, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-mnesia, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-mode, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-nox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-observer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-os-mon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-parsetools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-public-key, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-reltool, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-runtime-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-src, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-ssh, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-ssl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-syntax-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-xmerl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-diameter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-eldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-jinterface, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-manpages, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-wx, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-ftp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:erlang-tftp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37026

USN: 6059-1