Jenkins LTS < 2.319.3 / Jenkins weekly < 2.334 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 157860

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Synopsis

An application running on a remote web server host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

According to its its self-reported version number, the version of Jenkins running on the remote web server is Jenkins LTS prior to 2.319.3 or Jenkins weekly prior to 2.334. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- XStream is an open source java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. Versions prior to 1.4.19 may allow a remote attacker to allocate 100% CPU time on the target system depending on CPU type or parallel execution of such a payload resulting in a denial of service only by manipulating the processed input stream. XStream 1.4.19 monitors and accumulates the time it takes to add elements to collections and throws an exception if a set threshold is exceeded. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.
Users unable to upgrade may set the NO_REFERENCE mode to prevent recursion. See GHSA-rmr5-cpv2-vgjf for further details on a workaround if an upgrade is not possible. (CVE-2021-43859)

- Jenkins 2.333 and earlier, LTS 2.319.2 and earlier defines custom XStream converters that have not been updated to apply the protections for the vulnerability CVE-2021-43859 and allow unconstrained resource usage. (CVE-2022-0538)

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

Solution

Upgrade Jenkins weekly to version 2.334 or later or Jenkins LTS to version 2.319.3 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157860

File Name: jenkins_2_334.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/9/2022

Updated: 11/9/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0538

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cloudbees:jenkins, cpe:/a:jenkins:jenkins

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Jenkins

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43859, CVE-2022-0538

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