#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7762-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(265794);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/09/24");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2023-32681",
"CVE-2023-45803",
"CVE-2024-3651",
"CVE-2024-47081"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"7762-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : pip vulnerabilities (USN-7762-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7762-1 advisory.
Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests incorrectly leaked Proxy-Authorization headers.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This update addresses the
issue in the Requests module bundled into pip in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-32681)
It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP body on status code 303 redirects under certain
circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This
update addresses the issue in the urllib3 module bundled into pip in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-45803)
Guido Vranken discovered that idna did not properly manage certain inputs, which could lead to significant
resource consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This update
addresses the issue in the idna module bundled into pip in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
(CVE-2024-3651)
Juho Forsn discovered that Requests did not correctly parse URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to leak sensitive information. This update addresses the issue in the Requests module bundled
into pip in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2024-47081)
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.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7762-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected python3-pip and / or python3-pip-whl packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-32681");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-3651");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/05/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/09/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/09/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pip");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pip-whl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2025 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '25.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 / 25.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-pip', 'pkgver': '22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.7'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-pip-whl', 'pkgver': '22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.7'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-pip', 'pkgver': '24.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-pip-whl', 'pkgver': '24.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-pip', 'pkgver': '25.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2'},
{'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-pip-whl', 'pkgver': '25.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'python3-pip / python3-pip-whl');
}
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