SUSE SLES15 Security Update : jdom (SUSE-SU-2022:3547-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166531

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3547-1 advisory.

- An XXE issue in SAXBuilder in JDOM through 2.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2021-33813)

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 jaxen and / or jdom packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187446

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33813

http://www.nessus.org/u?caf33b69

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166531

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3547-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/26/2022

Updated: 7/14/2023

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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33813

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:jdom, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:jaxen

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33813

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3547-1