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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : HTML::StripScripts vulnerability (USN-6100-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 176326
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 22.10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6100-1 advisory.- The HTML-StripScripts module through 1.06 for Perl allows _hss_attval_style ReDoS because of catastrophic backtracking for HTML content with certain style attributes. (CVE-2023-24038)
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 libhtml-stripscripts-perl package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 176326
File Name: ubuntu_USN-6100-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 5/24/2023
Updated: 10/20/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2023-24038
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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhtml-stripscripts-perl
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-24038
USN: 6100-1