In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.

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

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the less-590-2.el9 build changelog.

  - In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in less -R not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to     the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202310-11 (less: Denial of service)

  - In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in less -R not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to     the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

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

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:3725 advisory.

  - In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in less -R not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to     the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

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

This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle     Systems (component: Device Driver Interface). The     supported version that is affected is 11. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker     with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris     executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of     Oracle Solaris. Note: CVE-2023-22023 is equivalent to     CVE-2023-31284. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8     (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
    CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
    (CVE-2023-22023)

  - Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools     product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Security     (OpenSSL)). Supported versions that are affected are     8.58, 8.59 and 8.60. Easily exploitable vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via     TLS to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools.
    Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft     Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base     Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
    (CVE-2022-2097)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle     MySQL (component: Server: Connection Handling).
    Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.39 and     prior and 8.0.30 and prior. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with     network access via multiple protocols to compromise     MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability     can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or     frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL     Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts).
    CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
    (CVE-2022-21617)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle     MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions     that are affected are 5.7.39 and prior and 8.0.30 and     prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high     privileged attacker with network access via multiple     protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks     of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability     to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete     DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9     (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
    (CVE-2022-21608)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle     MySQL (component: Server: Security: Encryption).
    Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.39 and     prior and 8.0.29 and prior. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with     network access via multiple protocols to compromise     MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability     can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of     MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.3     (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
    (CVE-2022-21592)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle     MySQL (component: Server: Security: Privileges).
    Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.39 and     prior and 8.0.16 and prior. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with     network access via multiple protocols to compromise     MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability     can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of     MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.3     (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
    (CVE-2022-21589)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle     MySQL (component: Server: Packaging (cURL)). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.7.41 and prior and     8.0.32 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via     multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server.
    Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     unauthorized access to critical data or complete access     to all MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score     7.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
    (CVE-2022-43551)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Communications Network     Analytics Data Director product of Oracle Communications     (component: Install/Upgrade (Kerberos)). The supported     version that is affected is 23.1.0. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with     network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle     Communications Network Analytics Data Director.
    Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     takeover of Oracle Communications Network Analytics Data     Director. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality,     Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
    (CVE-2022-42898)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology     product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Third     Party (SQLite)). The supported version that is affected     is 8.5.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low     privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure     where Oracle Outside In Technology executes to     compromise Oracle Outside In Technology. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     creation, deletion or modification access to critical     data or all Oracle Outside In Technology accessible data     as well as unauthorized access to critical data or     complete access to all Oracle Outside In Technology     accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a     partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle     Outside In Technology. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3     (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
    CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L).
    (CVE-2022-46908)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Communications Diameter     Signaling Router product of Oracle Communications     (component: Platform (Microcode Controller)). The     supported version that is affected is 8.6.0.0. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker     with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle     Communications Diameter Signaling Router executes to     compromise Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling     Router. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can     result in unauthorized access to critical data or     complete access to all Oracle Communications Diameter     Signaling Router accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score     5.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
    (CVE-2022-21123)

  - Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools     product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Porting     (Cryptography)). Supported versions that are affected     are 8.59 and 8.60. Easily exploitable vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via     HTTPS to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools.
    Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of     PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data and     unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of     service (partial DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise     PeopleTools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Integrity and     Availability impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L).
    (CVE-2023-23931)

  - Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools     product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Porting (Python     setuptools)). Supported versions that are affected are     8.59 and 8.60. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows     unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to     compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash     (complete DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools.
    CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS     Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
    (CVE-2022-40897)

According to the versions of the less package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in 'less -R' not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to     the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

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 AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:3725 advisory.

  - In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in less -R not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to     the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3725 advisory.

    The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but allows users to move backwards in the     file as well as forwards. Since less does not read the entire input file at startup, it also starts more     quickly than ordinary text editors.

    Security Fix(es):

    * less: crafted data can result in less -R not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal     (CVE-2022-46663)

    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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-3725 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2022-46663

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-71442d7613 advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2022-46663

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 versions of the less package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in 'less -R' not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to     the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

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.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-123 advisory.

    2024-02-29: CVE-2022-48624 was added to this advisory.

    In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in less -R not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to     the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

    close_altfile in filename.c in less before 606 omits shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE. (CVE-2022-48624)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 version of less installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-46663 advisory.

  - In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in less -R not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to     the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0348-1 advisory.

  - In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in less -R not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to     the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

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

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5848-1 advisory.

    David Leadbeater discovered that less was not properly handling escape sequences when displaying raw     control characters. A maliciously formed OSC 8 hyperlink could possibly be used by an attacker to cause a     denial of service.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
196604	RHEL 8 : less (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
191345	CentOS 9 : less-590-2.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
182794	GLSA-202310-11 : less: Denial of service	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
180407	Rocky Linux 9 : less (RLSA-2023:3725)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
178627	Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jul2023_SRU11_4_57_144_3	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	critical
177984	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : less (EulerOS-SA-2023-2273)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
177971	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : less (EulerOS-SA-2023-2297)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
177629	AlmaLinux 9 : less (ALSA-2023:3725)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
177524	RHEL 9 : less (RHSA-2023:3725)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
177496	Oracle Linux 9 : less (ELSA-2023-3725)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
177088	Fedora 37 : less (2023-71442d7613)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
176826	EulerOS Virtualization 2.11.1 : less (EulerOS-SA-2023-2073)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
176790	EulerOS Virtualization 2.11.0 : less (EulerOS-SA-2023-2125)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
173125	Amazon Linux 2023 : less (ALAS2023-2023-123)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
172852	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: less (CVE-2022-46663)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	high
171430	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : less (SUSE-SU-2023:0348-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
171211	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : less vulnerability (USN-5848-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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