Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (October 2023 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183413

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The versions of Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the October 2023 CPU advisory.

- Vulnerability in the BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Mobile Service (jQuery)). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in BI Publisher, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of BI Publisher accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of BI Publisher accessible data. (CVE-2020-11023)

- Vulnerability in the BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Development Operations (XStream)). The supported version that is affected is 6.4.0.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of BI Publisher. (CVE-2022-31160)

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

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the July 2023 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2023.html

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cpujul2023cvrf.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183413

File Name: oracle_bi_publisher_cpu_oct_2023.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/19/2023

Updated: 7/25/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11023

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31160

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:business_intelligence_publisher, cpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11023, CVE-2022-31160

IAVA: 2023-A-0556