In Spring Framework versions 6.0.0 - 6.0.6, 5.3.0 - 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE - 5.2.22.RELEASE, and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In Spring Framework versions 6.0.0 - 6.0.6, 5.3.0 - 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE - 5.2.22.RELEASE, and older     unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may     cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. (CVE-2023-20861)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - In Spring Framework versions 6.0.0 - 6.0.6, 5.3.0 - 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE - 5.2.22.RELEASE, and older
    unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may
    cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. (CVE-2023-20861)

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 6.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-6.8 advisory.

  - In spring security versions prior to 5.4.11+, 5.5.7+ , 5.6.4+ and older unsupported versions,     RegexRequestMatcher can easily be misconfigured to be bypassed on some servlet containers. Applications     using RegexRequestMatcher with `.` in the regular expression are possibly vulnerable to an authorization     bypass. (CVE-2022-22978)

  - Error handling in the SSH protocol in (1) SSH Tectia Client and Server and Connector 4.0 through 4.4.11,     5.0 through 5.2.4, and 5.3 through 5.3.8; Client and Server and ConnectSecure 6.0 through 6.0.4; Server     for Linux on IBM System z 6.0.4; Server for IBM z/OS 5.5.1 and earlier, 6.0.0, and 6.0.1; and Client 4.0-J     through 4.3.3-J and 4.0-K through 4.3.10-K; and (2) OpenSSH 4.7p1 and possibly other versions, when using     a block cipher algorithm in Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode, makes it easier for remote attackers to     recover certain plaintext data from an arbitrary block of ciphertext in an SSH session via unknown     vectors. (CVE-2008-5161)

  - n Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.16 and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to     provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2022-22950)

  - VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted     Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-     security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate     their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias     https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-     db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html . (CVE-2023-34058)

  - open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. A malicious     actor with non-root privileges may be able to hijack the /dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to     simulate user inputs. (CVE-2023-34059)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0778 advisory.

    Jenkins is a continuous integration server that monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a     software project or jobs run by cron.

    Security Fix(es):

    * apache-commons-text: variable interpolation RCE (CVE-2022-42889)

    * google-oauth-client: missing PKCE support in accordance with the RFC for OAuth 2.0 for Native Apps can     lead to improper authorization (CVE-2020-7692)

    * maven: Block repositories using http by default (CVE-2021-26291)

    * snakeyaml: Denial of Service due to missing nested depth limitation for collections (CVE-2022-25857)

    * maven-shared-utils: Command injection via Commandline class (CVE-2022-29599)

    * jenkins-2-plugins/script-security: Sandbox bypass vulnerability in Script Security Plugin     (CVE-2023-24422)

    * jenkins: Arbitrary file read vulnerability through the CLI can lead to RCE (CVE-2024-23897)

    * jenkins: cross-site WebSocket hijacking (CVE-2024-23898)

    * golang: go/parser: stack exhaustion in all Parse* functions (CVE-2022-1962)

    * guava: insecure temporary directory creation (CVE-2023-2976)

    * springframework: Spring Expression DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2023-20861)

    * spring-security: Empty SecurityContext Is Not Properly Saved Upon Logout (CVE-2023-20862)

    * jenkins-2-plugins/JUnit: Stored XSS vulnerability in JUnit Plugin (CVE-2023-25761)

    * jenkins-2-plugins/pipeline-build-step: Stored XSS vulnerability in Pipeline: Build Step Plugin     (CVE-2023-25762)

    * jetty-server: OutOfMemoryError for large multipart without filename read via request.getParameter()     (CVE-2023-26048)

    * jetty-server: Cookie parsing of quoted values can exfiltrate values from other cookies (CVE-2023-26049)

    * Jenkins: Open redirect vulnerability in OpenShift Login Plugin (CVE-2023-37947)

    * jetty: Improper validation of HTTP/1 content-length (CVE-2023-40167)

    * jenkins-plugins: cloudbees-folder: CSRF vulnerability in Folders Plugin (CVE-2023-40337)

    * jenkins-plugins: cloudbees-folder: Information disclosure in Folders Plugin (CVE-2023-40338)

    * jenkins-plugins: config-file-provider: Improper masking of credentials in Config File Provider Plugin     (CVE-2023-40339)

    * jenkins-plugins: blueocean: CSRF vulnerability in Blue Ocean Plugin allows capturing credentials     (CVE-2023-40341)

    * Jenkins: Temporary file parameter created with insecure permissions (CVE-2023-27903)

    * Jenkins: Information disclosure through error stack traces related to agents (CVE-2023-27904)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3610 advisory.

    Jenkins is a continuous integration server that monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a     software project or jobs run by cron.

    Security Fix(es):

    * maven-shared-utils: Command injection via Commandline class (CVE-2022-29599)

    * json-smart: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in json-smart (Resource Exhaustion)     (CVE-2023-1370)

    * springframework: Security Bypass With Un-Prefixed Double Wildcard Pattern (CVE-2023-20860)

    * jenkins-2-plugins/script-security: Sandbox bypass vulnerability in Script Security Plugin     (CVE-2023-24422)

    * jenkins-2-plugin: workflow-job: Stored XSS vulnerability in Pipeline: Job Plugin (CVE-2023-32977)

    * jackson-databind: Possible DoS if using JDK serialization to serialize JsonNode (CVE-2021-46877)

    * Jenkins plugin: CSRF vulnerability in Blue Ocean Plugin (CVE-2022-30953)

    * Jenkins plugin: missing permission checks in Blue Ocean Plugin (CVE-2022-30954)

    * jettison: parser crash by stackoverflow (CVE-2022-40149)

    * net/http, golang.org/x/net/http2: avoid quadratic complexity in HPACK decoding (CVE-2022-41723)

    * jettison:  If the value in map is the map's self, the new new JSONObject(map) cause StackOverflowError     which may lead to dos (CVE-2022-45693)

    * springframework: Spring Expression DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2023-20861)

    * jenkins-2-plugin: pipeline-utility-steps: Arbitrary file write vulnerability on agents in Pipeline     Utility Steps Plugin (CVE-2023-32981)

    * jettison: memory exhaustion via user-supplied XML or JSON data (CVE-2022-40150)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3622 advisory.

    Jenkins is a continuous integration server that monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a     software project or jobs run by cron.

    Security Fix(es):

    * maven-shared-utils: Command injection via Commandline class (CVE-2022-29599)

    * json-smart: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in json-smart (Resource Exhaustion)     (CVE-2023-1370)

    * springframework: Security Bypass With Un-Prefixed Double Wildcard Pattern (CVE-2023-20860)

    * Jenkins plugin: CSRF vulnerability in Blue Ocean Plugin (CVE-2022-30953)

    * Jenkins plugin: missing permission checks in Blue Ocean Plugin (CVE-2022-30954)

    * jettison: Uncontrolled Recursion in JSONArray (CVE-2023-1436)

    * springframework: Spring Expression DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2023-20861)

    * Jenkins: Temporary file parameter created with insecure permissions (CVE-2023-27903)

    * Jenkins: Information disclosure through error stack traces related to agents (CVE-2023-27904)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The 5.9.0.0 and 6.4.0.0 versions of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the July 2023 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Security (Apache CXF)). The     supported version that is affected is 6.4.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker     with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     takeover of BI Publisher. (CVE-2022-46364)

  - Vulnerability in the BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Development Operations (Snowflake     JDBC)). The supported version that is affected is 7.0.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows     unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher. Successful attacks require human     interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover     of BI Publisher. (CVE-2023-30535)

  - Vulnerability in the BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Web Server (Spring Framework)).
    Supported versions that are affected are 6.4.0.0.0 and 7.0.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low     privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this     vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of BI     Publisher. (CVE-2023-20861)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OAS) 6.4.0.0.0 and 7.0.0.0 installed on the remote host are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the July 2023 CPU advisory. 

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics     (component: Analytics Server (Apache Hive)). Supported versions that are affected are 6.4.0.0.0,     7.0.0.0.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network     access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of     this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data     or all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data as well as unauthorized access to     critical data or complete access to all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data.
    (CVE-2018-1282)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics     (component: Visual Analyzer (jackson-databind)). Supported versions that are affected are 6.4.0.0.0 and     7.0.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP     to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability     can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of     Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. (CVE-2022-33980)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Analytics     (component: Visual Analyzer (CKEditor)). Supported versions that are affected are 6.4.0.0.0 and     7.0.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP     to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks require human     interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Business     Intelligence Enterprise Edition, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change).     Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to     some of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data as well as unauthorized read     access to a subset of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data. (CVE-2023-28439)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Oracle Identity Manager installed on the remote host is missing a security patch and is, therefore affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the July 2023 Critical Patch Update(CPU) advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Identity Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Third Party     (Spring Framework)). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Identity     Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or     modification access to critical data or all Oracle Identity Manager accessible data. (CVE-2023-20860)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Identity Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Installer     (Apache Commons FileUpload)). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Identity     Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or     frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Identity Manager. (CVE-2023-24998)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3771 advisory.

    The VDSM service is required by a Virtualization Manager to manage the Linux hosts. VDSM manages and     monitors the host's storage, memory and networks as well as virtual machine creation, other host     administration tasks, statistics gathering, and log collection.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: ovirt-dependencies (4.5.3), ovirt-     engine (4.5.3.8), vdsm (4.50.3.8). (BZ#2180717)

    Security Fix(es):

    * springframework: Security Bypass With Un-Prefixed Double Wildcard Pattern (CVE-2023-20860)

    * springframework: Spring Expression DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2023-20861)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * Previously, a host with Secure Intel Icelake Server Family could become non-operational because it did     not provide the taa-no CPU feature.
    In this release, the check has been fixed in the Manager, and such hosts work properly. (BZ#2184623)

    * Previously, when creating bonds on a host outside the Manager and adding the host without starting it,     the Rx\Tx drop count is shown as null.
    As a result, a Null Pointer Exception is thrown in the Administration Portal > Compute > Hosts > Network     Interfaces tab.
    With this release, null values are accepted, and there are no exceptions displayed in the Network     Interfaces tab. (BZ#2180230)

    * Previously, the Volume Extend Logic method skipped sparse volumes. As a result,  RAW sparse volumes (on     file storage) were not extended properly.
    In this release, RAW sparse volumes are extended as expected. (BZ#2210036)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host contains a Spring Framework version is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. It is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
252549	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-20861	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
410616	SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-expression (GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
410616	SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-expression (GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
197084	Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-6.8)	Nessus	Misc.	Local	low
194435	RHEL 8 : Jenkins and Jenkins-2-plugins (RHSA-2024:0778)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical
194324	RHEL 8 : jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins (RHSA-2023:3610)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical
194300	RHEL 8 : jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins (RHSA-2023:3622)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical
178712	Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (OBIEE) (July 2023 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	Local	critical
178710	Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OAS) (July 2023 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	Local	critical
178709	Oracle Identity Manager (Jul 2023 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
177528	RHEL 8 : Red Hat Virtualization (RHSA-2023:3771)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high
175103	Spring Framework < 5.2.23 / 5.3.x < 5.3.26 / 6.0.x < 6.0.7 DoS (CVE-2023-20861)	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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