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Atlassian Jira < 8.13.18 / 8.14.0 < 8.20.6 / 8.21.0 (JRASERVER-73070)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162744

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Synopsis

The remote Atlassian Jira host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of Atlassian Jira installed on the remote host is prior to 8.13.18 / 8.14.0 < 8.20.6 / 8.21.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the JRASERVER-73070 advisory.

 - Denial of service via an OutOfMemoryError (Tomcat CVE-2021-42340) (CVE-2021-42340)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian Jira version 8.13.18, 8.20.6, 8.21.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-73070

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162744

File Name: jira_8_21_0_jraserver-73070.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/6/2022

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42340

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:jira

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Atlassian JIRA

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42340