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Oracle WebCenter Sites (Jul 2023 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178706

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Synopsis

An application on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The 12.2.1.4.0 version of WebCenter Sites installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the July 2023 CPU advisory.

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Sites product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: WebCenter Sites (XStream)). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Sites. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in the attacker crashing the application with a stack overflow error via via manipulation the processed input stream. (CVE-2022-41966)

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Sites product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: WebCenter Sites (Apache Commons IO)). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Difficult to exploint vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebCenter Sites. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to files specifically in the parent directory. (CVE-2021-29425)

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 July 2023 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cpuJul2023cvrf.xml

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuJul2023.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178706

File Name: oracle_webcenter_sites_cpu_jul_2023.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/21/2023

Updated: 10/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29425

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: SMB/WebCenter_Sites/Installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29425, CVE-2022-41966

IAVA: 2023-A-0365-S