Debian DSA-4619-1 : libxmlrpc3-java - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 133534

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Guillaume Teissier reported that the XMLRPC client in libxmlrpc3-java, an XML-RPC implementation in Java, does perform deserialization of the server-side exception serialized in the faultCause attribute of XMLRPC error response messages. A malicious XMLRPC server can take advantage of this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of an application using the Apache XMLRPC client library.

Note that a client that expects to get server-side exceptions need to set explicitly the enabledForExceptions property.

Solution

Upgrade the libxmlrpc3-java packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.3-8+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.3-9+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 133534

File Name: debian_DSA-4619.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/7/2020

Updated: 3/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17570

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxmlrpc3-java

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17570

DSA: 4619

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