Debian DLA-3001-1 : libgoogle-gson-java - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 161244

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3001 advisory.

- The package com.google.code.gson:gson before 2.8.9 are vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data via the writeReplace() method in internal classes, which may lead to DoS attacks. (CVE-2022-25647)

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

Solution

Upgrade the libgoogle-gson-java packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.4-1+deb9u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1010670

http://www.nessus.org/u?898134c5

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3001

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-25647

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/libgoogle-gson-java

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161244

File Name: debian_DLA-3001.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2022

Updated: 10/27/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2022-25647

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgoogle-gson-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgoogle-gson-java-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25647