Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Glances vulnerability (USN-5187-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183154

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 a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5187-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Glances incorrectly parsed untrusted XML data due to usage of xmlrpclib. An attacker could possibly use this to perform an External Entity (XXE) Injection and cause the host system to crash.

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 glances package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5187-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183154

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5187-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23418

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glances, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm

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: 7/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23418

USN: 5187-1