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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Twisted vulnerabilities (USN-6988-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206590

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6988-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled response order when processing multiple HTTP requests.
 A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to delay and manipulate responses.

 This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-41671)

 It was discovered that Twisted did not properly sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to possibly execute an HTML

 injection leading to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

 (CVE-2024-41810)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6988-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206590

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6988-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2024

Updated: 9/4/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41810

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41671

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-news, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-conch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-bin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-words, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-web, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-twisted-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-lore, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-twisted, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-mail, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-runner, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-twisted-names, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41671, CVE-2024-41810

USN: 6988-1