Debian DLA-989-1 : jython security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 100849

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Alvaro Munoz and Christian Schneider discovered that Jython, an implementation of the Python language seamlessly integrated with Java, would execute arbitrary code when deserializing objects.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.2-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your jython packages.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected jython, and jython-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 100849

File Name: debian_DLA-989.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/19/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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 v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jython-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jython, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4000

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