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Ubuntu 22.10 : Apache Maven vulnerability (USN-5805-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 170078

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5805-1 advisory.

 - Apache Maven will follow repositories that are defined in a dependency's Project Object Model (pom) which may be surprising to some users, resulting in potential risk if a malicious actor takes over that repository or is able to insert themselves into a position to pretend to be that repository. Maven is changing the default behavior in 3.8.1+ to no longer follow http (non-SSL) repository references by default. More details available in the referenced urls. If you are currently using a repository manager to govern the repositories used by your builds, you are unaffected by the risks present in the legacy behavior, and are unaffected by this vulnerability and change to default behavior. See this link for more information about repository management: https://maven.apache.org/repository-management.html (CVE-2021-26291)

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 libmaven3-core-java and / or maven packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5805-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 170078

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5805-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2023

Updated: 7/10/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26291

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmaven3-core-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:maven

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26291

USN: 5805-1