FreeBSD : groovy -- remote execution of untrusted code/DoS vulnerability (4af92a40-db33-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96511

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The Apache Groovy project reports :

When an application with Groovy on classpath uses standard Java serialization mechanisms, e.g. to communicate between servers or to store local data, it is possible for an attacker to bake a special serialized object that will execute code directly when deserialized.
All applications which rely on serialization and do not isolate the code which deserializes objects are subject to this vulnerability.
This is similar to CVE-2015-3253 but this exploit involves extra wrapping of objects and catching of exceptions which are now safe guarded against.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96511

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4af92a40db3311e6ae1b002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 1/16/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:freebsd:freebsd:groovy, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6814

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