Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (Apr 2023 CPU)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 174742

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The versions of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the April 2023 CPU advisory.

- A flaw was found in org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.x libraries. XML external entity vulnerabilities similar CVE-2016-3720 also affects codehaus jackson-mapper-asl libraries but in different classes. (CVE-2019-10172)

- An issue was discovered in Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC Java 1.65 and 1.66. The OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method compared incorrect data when checking the password, allowing incorrect passwords to indicate they were matching with previously hashed ones that were different.
(CVE-2020-28052)

- The XML parsers used by XMLBeans up to version 2.6.0 did not set the properties needed to protect the user from malicious XML input. Vulnerabilities include possibilities for XML Entity Expansion attacks. Affects XMLBeans up to and including v2.6.0. (CVE-2021-23926)

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 April 2023 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cpuapr2023cvrf.xml

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 174742

File Name: oracle_obiee_cpu_apr_2023.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/25/2023

Updated: 7/21/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28052

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23926

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:business_intelligence

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10172, CVE-2020-28052, CVE-2021-23926, CVE-2021-36090, CVE-2022-34169, CVE-2023-21910, CVE-2023-21941