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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Apache Standard Taglibs vulnerability (USN-2551-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 82471

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2551-1 advisory.

 David Jorm discovered that the Apache Standard Taglibs incorrectly handled external XML entities. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to

 execute arbitrary code or perform other external XML entity attacks.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected libjakarta-taglibs-standard-java and / or libjstl1.1-java packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2551-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82471

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2551-1.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/31/2015

Updated: 8/28/2024

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: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjstl1.1-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjakarta-taglibs-standard-java

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: 3/30/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0254

BID: 72809

IAVA: 2016-A-0266-S

USN: 2551-1