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RHEL 9 : bcel (RHSA-2023:0004)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 169449
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for bcel.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0004 advisory.- Apache-Commons-BCEL: arbitrary bytecode produced via out-of-bounds writing (CVE-2022-42920)
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 RHEL bcel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:0004.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?70660fe8
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 169449
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0004.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/2/2023
Updated: 4/28/2024
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: 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-2022-42920
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:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bcel
Required KB Items: Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/2/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-42920