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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Inetutils vulnerability (USN-5177-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183129

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5177-1 advisory.

 - The ftp client in GNU Inetutils before 2.2 does not validate addresses returned by PASV/LSPV responses to make sure they match the server address. This is similar to CVE-2020-8284 for curl. (CVE-2021-40491)

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-5177-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183129

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5177-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-40491

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-talk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-telnetd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ftp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-inetd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-telnet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-traceroute, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-syslogd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-talkd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ftpd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ping

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40491

USN: 5177-1