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AlmaLinux 8 : maven:3.6 (ALSA-2022:4797)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 161902

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:4797 advisory.

 - In Apache Maven maven-shared-utils prior to version 3.3.3, the Commandline class can emit double-quoted strings without proper escaping, allowing shell injection attacks. (CVE-2022-29599)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-4797.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 161902

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-4797.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 6/6/2022

Updated: 6/6/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2022-29599

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: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:maven-lib, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:apache-commons-cli, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpcomponents-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:plexus-classworlds, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cdi-api, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:maven-shared-utils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:sisu, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:apache-commons-lang3, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:slf4j, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpcomponents-client, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:plexus-interpolation, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:atinject, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:plexus-cipher, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:apache-commons-io, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:google-guice, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:jcl-over-slf4j, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:geronimo-annotation, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:maven-resolver, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:apache-commons-codec, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:plexus-containers-component-annotations, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:guava, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:jsr-305, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:maven-openjdk17, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:jsoup, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:jansi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:maven, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:maven-openjdk8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:plexus-sec-dispatcher, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:maven-wagon, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:maven-openjdk11, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:aopalliance, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:plexus-utils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29599