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RHEL 7 : plexus-archiver (RHSA-2023:6886)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 185498
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for plexus-archiver.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6886 advisory.The Plexus project provides a full software stack for creating and executing software projects. Based on the Plexus container, the applications can utilise component-oriented programming to build modular, reusable components that can easily be assembled and reused. The plexus-archiver component provides functions to create and extract archives.
Security Fix(es):
* plexus-archiver: Arbitrary File Creation in AbstractUnArchiver (CVE-2023-37460)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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 RHEL plexus-archiver package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6886.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?586e4b5f
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 185498
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6886.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/13/2023
Updated: 11/7/2024
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: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-37460
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:plexus-archiver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:plexus-archiver-javadoc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-37460