Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control (January 2025 CPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214552

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The 13.5.0.0 versions of Enterprise Manager Base Platform installed on the remote host are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the January 2025 CPU advisory.

- An issue was discovered in ECCurve.java and ECCurve.cs in Bouncy Castle Java (BC Java) before 1.78, BC Java LTS before 2.73.6, BC-FJA before 1.0.2.5, and BC C# .Net before 2.3.1. Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters can lead to excessive CPU consumption during the evaluation of the curve parameters. (CVE-2024-29857)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the January 2025 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cpujan2025csaf.json

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214552

File Name: oracle_enterprise_manager_cpu_jan_2025.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/24/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29857

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: cpe:/a:oracle:enterprise_manager

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-29857

IAVA: 2025-A-0046