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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Deluge vulnerabilities (USN-8979-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 375873

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8979-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the web UI in Deluge did not protect against cross- site request forgery. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick a user into installing a malicious plugin, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7178)

 It was discovered that the web UI in Deluge incorrectly handled certain requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2017-9031)

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-8979-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 375873

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8979-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/4/2026

Updated: 11/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.11

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-2017-9031

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:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:deluge-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:deluge-console, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:deluge-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:deluge-torrent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:deluge-web, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:deluge-webui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:deluge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:deluged

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: 11/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7178, CVE-2017-9031

USN: 8979-1