An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary system commands with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container. This applies to applications that allow untrusted users to upload/modify velocity templates running Apache Velocity Engine versions up to 2.2.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - velocity: arbitrary code execution when attacker is able to modify templates (CVE-2020-13936)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6281-1 advisory.

    Alvaro Munoz discovered that Velocity Engine incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated     system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this     issue to execute arbitrary code.

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.

The versions of Primavera Unifier installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the October 2022 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the Primavera Unifier product of Oracle Construction and Engineering (component: Document     Management (Apache Solr)). Supported versions that are affected are 18.8, 19.12, 20.12 and 21.12. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise     Primavera Unifier. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Primavera Unifier.
    (CVE-2020-9492)

  - Vulnerability in the Primavera Unifier product of Oracle Construction and Engineering (component: User     Interface (Enterprise Security API)). Supported versions that are affected are 18.8, 19.12, 20.12 and     21.12. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to     compromise Primavera Unifier. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Primavera     Unifier. (CVE-2022-23457)

  - Vulnerability in the Primavera Unifier product of Oracle Construction and Engineering (component: User     Interface (Moment.js)). Supported versions that are affected are 19.12, 20.12 and 21.12. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise     Primavera Unifier. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a     partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Primavera Unifier. (CVE-2022-31129)

  - Vulnerability in the Primavera Unifier product of Oracle Construction and Engineering (component: Document     Management (Apache Tika)). Supported versions that are affected are 18.8, 19.12, 20.12 and 21.12. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Primavera     Unifier executes to compromise Primavera Unifier. Successful attacks require human interaction from a     person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Primavera Unifier.  (CVE-2022-33879)

  - Security-in-Depth issue in the Primavera Unifier product of Oracle Construction and Engineering     (component: Platform, User Interface (Apache Velocity Engine)). This vulnerability cannot be exploited     in the context of this product. (CVE-2020-13936)

  - Security-in-Depth issue in the Primavera Unifier product of Oracle Construction and Engineering     (component: Document Management (Apache ZooKeeper)). This vulnerability cannot be exploited in the context     of this product. (CVE-2020-7712)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3397-1 advisory.

  - An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary     system commands with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container. This applies to     applications that allow untrusted users to upload/modify velocity templates running Apache Velocity Engine     versions up to 2.2. (CVE-2020-13936)

  - The package org.yaml:snakeyaml from 0 and before 1.31 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due     missing to nested depth limitation for collections. (CVE-2022-25857)

  - Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the     parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash     by stackoverflow. (CVE-2022-38749, CVE-2022-38750, CVE-2022-38751)

  - Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the     parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash     by stack-overflow. (CVE-2022-38752)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202107-52 (Apache Velocity: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache Velocity. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3656 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.0 and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss     Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.1 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes     and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * velocity: arbitrary code execution when attacker is able to modify templates (CVE-2020-13936)

    * undertow: buffer leak on incoming websocket PONG message may lead to DoS (CVE-2021-3690)

    * undertow: HTTP2SourceChannel fails to write final frame under some circumstances may lead to DoS     (CVE-2021-3597)

    * wildfly-elytron: possible timing attack in ScramServer (CVE-2021-3642)

    * netty: possible request smuggling in HTTP/2 due missing validation (CVE-2021-21295)

    * netty: Request smuggling via content-length header (CVE-2021-21409)

    * jakarta-el: ELParserTokenManager enables invalid EL expressions to be evaluate (CVE-2021-28170)

    * apache-commons-io: Limited path traversal in Apache Commons IO 2.2 to 2.6 (CVE-2021-29425)

    * wildfly: XSS via admin console when creating roles in domain mode (CVE-2021-3536)

    * wildfly-core: Invalid Sensitivity Classification of Vault Expression (CVE-2021-3644)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3658 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.0 and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss     Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.1 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes     and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * velocity: arbitrary code execution when attacker is able to modify templates (CVE-2020-13936)

    * undertow: buffer leak on incoming websocket PONG message may lead to DoS (CVE-2021-3690)

    * undertow: HTTP2SourceChannel fails to write final frame under some circumstances may lead to DoS     (CVE-2021-3597)

    * wildfly-elytron: possible timing attack in ScramServer (CVE-2021-3642)

    * netty: possible request smuggling in HTTP/2 due missing validation (CVE-2021-21295)

    * netty: Request smuggling via content-length header (CVE-2021-21409)

    * jakarta-el: ELParserTokenManager enables invalid EL expressions to be evaluate (CVE-2021-28170)

    * apache-commons-io: Limited path traversal in Apache Commons IO 2.2 to 2.6 (CVE-2021-29425)

    * wildfly: XSS via admin console when creating roles in domain mode (CVE-2021-3536)

    * wildfly-core: Invalid Sensitivity Classification of Vault Expression (CVE-2021-3644)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the velocity package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates     may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary system     commands with the same privileges as the account     running the Servlet container. This applies to     applications that allow untrusted users to     upload/modify velocity templates running Apache     Velocity Engine versions up to 2.2.(CVE-2020-13936)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of velocity installed on the remote host is prior to 1.7-10.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1690 advisory.

    A flaw was found in velocity. An attacker, able to modify Velocity templates, may execute arbitrary Java     code or run arbitrary system commands with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet     container. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as     system availability. (CVE-2020-13936)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the velocity package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates     may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary system     commands with the same privileges as the account     running the Servlet container. This applies to     applications that allow untrusted users to     upload/modify velocity templates running Apache     Velocity Engine versions up to 2.2(CVE-2020-13936)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2047 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.7 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.6, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.7 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * velocity: arbitrary code execution when attacker is able to modify templates (CVE-2020-13936)

    * netty: Information disclosure via the local system temporary directory (CVE-2021-21290)

    * netty: possible request smuggling in HTTP/2 due missing validation (CVE-2021-21295)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2046 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.7 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.6, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.7 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * velocity: arbitrary code execution when attacker is able to modify templates (CVE-2020-13936)

    * netty: Information disclosure via the local system temporary directory (CVE-2021-21290)

    * netty: possible request smuggling in HTTP/2 due missing validation (CVE-2021-21295)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2048 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.7 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.6, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.7 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * velocity: arbitrary code execution when attacker is able to modify templates (CVE-2020-13936)

    * netty: Information disclosure via the local system temporary directory (CVE-2021-21290)

    * netty: possible request smuggling in HTTP/2 due missing validation (CVE-2021-21295)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for velocity fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2020-13936: Fixed an arbitrary code execution when     attacker is able to modify templates (bsc#1183360).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

It was discovered that there was a potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in velocity, a Java-based template engine for writing web applications. It could be exploited by applications which allowed untrusted users to upload/modify templates.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 1.7-5+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your velocity packages.

For the detailed security status of velocity please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/velocity

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198827	RHEL 8 : velocity (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196542	RHEL 7 : velocity (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
179653	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Velocity Engine vulnerability (USN-6281-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
166305	Oracle Primavera Unifier (Oct 2022 CPU)	Nessus	CGI abuses	critical
165488	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : snakeyaml (SUSE-SU-2022:3397-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
154715	GLSA-202107-52 : Apache Velocity: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
153835	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.1 security update on RHEL 7 (Important) (RHSA-2021:3656)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
153832	RHEL 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.1 security update on RHEL 8 (Important) (RHSA-2021:3658)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
153335	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : velocity (EulerOS-SA-2021-2437)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
151798	Amazon Linux 2 : velocity (ALAS-2021-1690)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
151771	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : velocity (EulerOS-SA-2021-2233)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
151036	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : velocity (EulerOS-SA-2021-1990)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
149841	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.7 security update on RHEL 7 (Moderate) (RHSA-2021:2047)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
149813	RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.7 security update on RHEL 6 (Moderate) (RHSA-2021:2046)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
149811	RHEL 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.7 security update on RHEL 8 (Moderate) (RHSA-2021:2048)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
149193	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : velocity (EulerOS-SA-2021-1858)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
147927	openSUSE Security Update : velocity (openSUSE-2021-447)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
147903	Debian DLA-2595-1 : velocity security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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