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Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (Oct 2022 CPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166338

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The 5.9.0.0 and 6.4.0.0 versions of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the October 2022 CPU advisory.

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Core Formatting API). Supported versions that are affected are 5.9.0.0, 6.4.0.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle BI Publisher accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle BI Publisher accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle BI Publisher. (CVE-2022-21590)

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Security (Google Gson)). Supported versions that are affected are 5.9.0.0, 6.4.0.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle BI Publisher. (CVE-2022-25647)

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 October 2022 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cpuoct2022cvrf.xml

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2022.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166338

File Name: oracle_bi_publisher_cpu_oct_2022.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/20/2022

Updated: 7/25/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25647

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21590

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21590, CVE-2022-25647

IAVA: 2023-A-0558