Debian DLA-2821-1 : axis - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 155604

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2821 advisory.

- Apache Axis 1.x up to and including 1.4 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack in the default servlet/services. (CVE-2018-8032)

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

Solution

Upgrade the axis packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-25+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/axis

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2821

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8032

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/axis

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 155604

File Name: debian_DLA-2821.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/18/2021

Updated: 11/18/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8032

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaxis-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaxis-java-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8032