Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher 6.4.0.0.0 < 6.4.0.0.230404 (OAS) (April 2023 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 174744

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

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

- Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 6.4.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle BI Publisher accessible data. (CVE-2023-21970)

- Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Web Server). Supported versions that are affected are 6.4.0.0.0 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 read access to a subset of Oracle BI Publisher accessible data. (CVE-2023-21941)

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: Medium

ID: 174744

File Name: oracle_bi_publisher_cpu_apr_2023_oas.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/25/2023

Updated: 7/25/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-21970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-21941, CVE-2023-21970