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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : XMLTooling vulnerability (USN-6274-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179331

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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-6274-1 advisory.

 - Shibboleth XMLTooling before 3.2.4, as used in OpenSAML and Shibboleth Service Provider, allows SSRF via a crafted KeyInfo element. (This is fixed in, for example, Shibboleth Service Provider 3.4.1.3 on Windows.) (CVE-2023-36661)

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 libxmltooling-dev, libxmltooling6v5 and / or xmltooling-schemas packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6274-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179331

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6274-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/3/2023

Updated: 2/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36661

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxmltooling-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxmltooling6v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xmltooling-schemas

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: 8/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2023

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Ivanti Connect Secure Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36661

USN: 6274-1