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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : RESTEasy vulnerabilities (USN-7351-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232708

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7351-1 advisory.

 Nikos Papadopoulos discovered that RESTEasy improperly handled URL encoding when certain errors occur. An attacker could possibly use this issue to modify the app's behavior for other users through the network.
 (CVE-2020-10688)

 Mirko Selber discovered that RESTEasy improperly validated user input during HTTP response construction.
 This issue could possibly allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2020-1695)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy unintentionally disclosed potentially sensitive server information to users during the handling of certain errors. (CVE-2020-25633)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy unintentionally disclosed parts of its code to users during the handling of certain errors. (CVE-2021-20289)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy used improper permissions when creating temporary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to get access to sensitive data. (CVE-2023-0482)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy improperly handled certain HTTP requests and could be forced into a state in which it can no longer accept incoming connections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-9622)

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 libresteasy-java package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7351-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232708

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7351-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2025

Updated: 3/13/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20289

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1695

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libresteasy-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10

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: 3/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10688, CVE-2020-1695, CVE-2020-25633, CVE-2021-20289, CVE-2023-0482, CVE-2024-9622

USN: 7351-1