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RHEL 7 : xstream (RHSA-2021:0162)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145067

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0162 advisory.

 - XStream: remote code execution due to insecure XML deserialization when relying on blocklists (CVE-2020-26217)

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

Solution

Update the affected xstream and / or xstream-javadoc packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26217

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0162

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1898907

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145067

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0162.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/19/2021

Updated: 1/30/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xstream, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xstream-javadoc

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26217

CWE: 502

RHSA: 2021:0162