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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : jakarta-taglibs-standard (ELSA-2015-1695)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85711

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1695 advisory.

 - Resolves: CVE-2015-0254
 - Apply correction for previous CVE-2015-0254 patch (prevent XXE in <x:transform>)
 - Resolves: CVE-2015-0254

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 jakarta-taglibs-standard and / or jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1695.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85711

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1695.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/1/2015

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:jakarta-taglibs-standard, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0254

IAVA: 2016-A-0266-S

RHSA: 2015:1695