Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Drupal vulnerabilities (USN-4773-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183539

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4773-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Drupal did not properly process certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or completely compromise a Drupal site. (CVE-2018-7600, CVE-2018-7602)

It was discovered that password reset URLs in Drupal could be forged. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain access to another user's account. This issue affected only Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
(CVE-2015-2559)

It was discovered that Drupal did not properly protect against open redirects. An attacker could use this vulnerability to send unsuspecting users to 3rd party sites and potentially carry out phishing attacks.
This issue affected only Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-2749, CVE-2015-2750)

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.

Solution

Update the affected drupal7 package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4773-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183539

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4773-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

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: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7602

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:drupal7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-: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: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2015

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022, 5/4/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Drupal Drupalgeddon 2 Forms API Property Injection)

Elliot (Drupal 8 SA-CORE-2018-002 RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2559, CVE-2015-2749, CVE-2015-2750, CVE-2018-7600, CVE-2018-7602

IAVA: 2018-A-0095-S, 2018-A-0140-S

IAVB: 2015-B-0040-S

USN: 4773-1