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SCA: security update for org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel (GHSA-9gwx-9cwp-5c2m)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413277

Description

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

 - Opencast is a free and open source solution for automated video capture and distribution. Versions of
 Opencast prior to 9.6 are vulnerable to the billion laughs attack, which allows an attacker to easily
 execute a (seemingly permanent) denial of service attack, essentially taking down Opencast using a single
 HTTP request. To exploit this, users need to have ingest privileges, limiting the group of potential
 attackers The problem has been fixed in Opencast 9.6. There is no known workaround for this issue.
 (CVE-2021-32623)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gwx-9cwp-5c2m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413277

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32623

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32623

cwe: CWE-776