RHEL 6 : hsqldb (RHSA-2022:8559)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168032

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8559 advisory.

- hsqldb: Untrusted input may lead to RCE attack (CVE-2022-41853)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41853

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8559

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2136141

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168032

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8559.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2022

Updated: 1/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41853

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hsqldb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hsqldb-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hsqldb-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hsqldb-manual

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41853

CWE: 470

RHSA: 2022:8559