Oracle Coherence (Apr 2022 CPU)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 159966

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0, and 14.1.1.0.0 versions of Coherence installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the April 2022 CPU advisory.

- Vulnerability in the Oracle Coherence product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.1.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3 to compromise Oracle Coherence. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Coherence. (CVE-2022-21420)

- Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Elastic Search (Netty)). Supported versions that are affected are 8.58 and 8.59. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker.
Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. (CVE-2021-43797)

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

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the April 2022 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cpuapr2022cvrf.xml

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 159966

File Name: oracle_coherence_cpu_apr_2022.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/20/2022

Updated: 12/30/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21420

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware, cpe:/a:oracle:coherence

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Coherence

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37137, CVE-2021-43797, CVE-2022-21420

IAVA: 2022-A-0171