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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: openwsman (CVE-2019-3833)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192922

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of openwsman installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2019-3833 advisory.

 - Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to infinite loop in process_connection() when parsing specially crafted HTTP requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious HTTP request to cause denial of service to openwsman server.
 (CVE-2019-3833)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3833

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192922

File Name: mariner_CVE-2019-3833.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/4/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3833

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:libwsman-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openwsman-python3, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openwsman-client, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openwsman-perl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openwsman-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:libwsman1, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:openwsman-server

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CBLMariner/release, Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3833