Debian DLA-3155-1 : bcel - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 166234

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3155 advisory.

- The Apache Xalan Java XSLT library is vulnerable to an integer truncation issue when processing malicious XSLT stylesheets. This can be used to corrupt Java class files generated by the internal XSLTC compiler and execute arbitrary Java bytecode. The Apache Xalan Java project is dormant and in the process of being retired. No future releases of Apache Xalan Java to address this issue are expected. Note: Java runtimes (such as OpenJDK) include repackaged copies of Xalan. (CVE-2022-34169)

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 bcel packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 6.2-1+deb10u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1015860

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

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3155

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-34169

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/bcel

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166234

File Name: debian_DLA-3155.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2022

Updated: 11/29/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34169

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcel-java-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcel-java

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-34169