Atlassian JIRA Service Desk Path Traversal Vulnerability (2019-09-18)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129405

Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is potentially affected by a path traversal vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the instance of Atlassian Service Desk hosted on the remote web server is prior to 3.9.16, 3.1x.x prior to 3.16.8, 4.0.x prior to 4.1.3, 4.2.x prior to 4.2.5, 4.3.x prior to 4.3.4, 4.4.x prior to 4.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by an url path traversal vulnerability in Jira Service Desk Server and Jira Service Desk Data Center. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to view all issues from all the projects in the affected instance.

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian JIRA Service Desk Server 3.9.16 / 3.16.8 / 4.1.3 / 4.2.5 / 4.3.4 / 4.4.1 or later

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSDSERVER-6517

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129405

File Name: jira_service_desk_20190918.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/30/2019

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14994

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:jira

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/JIRA Service Desk Application

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14994