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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : OpenJDK vulnerabilities (USN-5388-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 160205

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5388-2 advisory.

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly verified ECDSA signatures. An attacker could use this issue to bypass the signature verification process. (CVE-2022-21449)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly limited memory when compiling a specially crafted XPath expression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-21426)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled converting certain object arguments into their textual representations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-21434)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly validated the encoded length of certain object identifiers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-21443)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly validated certain paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the secure validation feature and expose sensitive information in XML files.
 (CVE-2022-21476)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly parsed certain URI strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to make applications accept invalid of malformed URI strings. (CVE-2022-21496)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5388-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 160205

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5388-2.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2022

Updated: 11/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-demo, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jre, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jre-headless, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jre-zero

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21426, CVE-2022-21434, CVE-2022-21443, CVE-2022-21449, CVE-2022-21476, CVE-2022-21496

USN: 5388-2