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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : Apache Traffic Server vulnerability (USN-8050-1)

šŸ—“ļøĀ 19 Feb 2026Ā 00:00:00Reported byĀ TenableTypeĀ 
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Apache Traffic Server on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04/25.10 is DoS vulnerable via invalid Host header.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8050-1. 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(299635);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/02/19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-50305");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8050-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : Apache Traffic Server vulnerability (USN-8050-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-8050-1 advisory.

    Masakazu Kitajo discovered that Apache Traffic Server did not properly handle the Valid Host header field.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (DoS).

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8050-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected trafficserver, trafficserver-dev and / or trafficserver-experimental-plugins packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-50305");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/11/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/02/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/02/19");

  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:25.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:trafficserver");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:trafficserver-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:trafficserver-experimental-plugins");
  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) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 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 || '25.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 / 25.10', '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': 'trafficserver', 'pkgver': '9.1.1+ds-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'trafficserver-dev', 'pkgver': '9.1.1+ds-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'trafficserver-experimental-plugins', 'pkgver': '9.1.1+ds-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'trafficserver', 'pkgver': '9.2.3+ds-1+deb12u1ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'trafficserver-dev', 'pkgver': '9.2.3+ds-1+deb12u1ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'trafficserver-experimental-plugins', 'pkgver': '9.2.3+ds-1+deb12u1ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'trafficserver', 'pkgver': '9.2.5+ds-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'trafficserver-dev', 'pkgver': '9.2.5+ds-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'trafficserver-experimental-plugins', 'pkgver': '9.2.5+ds-1ubuntu2.1'}
];

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, 'trafficserver / trafficserver-dev / etc');
}

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19 Feb 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00941
SSVC
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