Scientific Linux Security Update : resteasy-base on SL7.x (noarch) (20161103)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95859

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

- It was discovered that under certain conditions RESTEasy could be forced to parse a request with SerializableProvider, resulting in deserialization of potentially untrusted data. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application using RESTEasy.
(CVE-2016-7050)

Additional Changes :

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95859

File Name: sl_20161103_resteasy_base_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/15/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-atom-provider, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-jackson-provider, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-jaxb-provider, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-jaxrs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-jaxrs-all, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-jaxrs-api, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-jettison-provider, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-providers-pom, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-resteasy-pom, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:resteasy-base-tjws, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7050

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