The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6076-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Synapse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-18835, CVE-2018-12291, CVE-2018-10657)

    It was discovered that Synapse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     hijack the session. (CVE-2019-11842, CVE-2018-12423)

    It was discovered that Synapse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     perform

    spoofing or user impersonation. (CVE-2019-5885, CVE-2018-16515)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : Synapse vulnerabilities (USN-6076-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 175821

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Version 1.2 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.1 Oct 16, 2023, 9:38 PM Detection Plugin Feed: 202310162138
Version 1.0 Oct 16, 2023, 7:25 PM Detection Plugin Feed: 202310161925
Version 1.0 May 16, 2023, 7:02 PM New Plugin Feed: 202305161902