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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Apache ActiveMQ vulnerabilities (USN-7268-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 216266

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7268-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Apache ActiveMQ incorrectly handled authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41678)

 It was discovered that Apache ActiveMQ incorrectly handled deserialization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary shell commands. (CVE-2023-46604)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected activemq and / or libactivemq-java packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7268-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 216266

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7268-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/14/2025

Updated: 2/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46604

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libactivemq-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:activemq

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/23/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Apache ActiveMQ Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41678, CVE-2023-46604

IAVB: 2023-B-0086-S

USN: 7268-1