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Oracle Coherence DoS (October 2023 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183310

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.1.0.0 versions of Coherence installed on the remote host are affected by a denial of service vulnerability as referenced in the Ocotber 2023 CPU advisory:

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle Coherence product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Third Party (Netty)). Supported versions that are affected are 14.1.1.0.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Coherence. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Coherence. (CVE-2023-34462)

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 2023 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cpuoct2023cvrf.xml

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2023.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183310

File Name: oracle_coherence_cpu_oct_2023.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/18/2023

Updated: 10/24/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-34462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Coherence

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-34462

IAVA: 2023-A-0559, 2023-A-0563