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Atlassian Jira < 8.13.16 / 8.14.x < 8.20.5 / 8.21.0 XSRF (JRASERVER-73170)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 162738

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Synopsis

The remote Atlassian Jira host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of Atlassian Jira installed on the remote host is prior to < 8.13.16 / 8.14.x < 8.20.5 / 8.21.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the JRASERVER-73170 advisory.

 - CSRF allows toggling Thread Contention and CPU Monitoring - CVE-2021-43953 (CVE-2021-43953)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian Jira version 8.13.16, 8.20.5, 8.21.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-73170

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 162738

File Name: jira_8_21_0_jraserver-73170.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/6/2022

Updated: 7/6/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43953

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:jira

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Atlassian JIRA

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43953