Oracle Application Testing Suite DoS (January 2024 CPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189181

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability

Description

The version of Oracle Application Testing Suite installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability as referenced in the January 2024 CPU advisory:

- Vulnerability in the Oracle Application Testing Suite product of Oracle Enterprise Manager (component: Load Testing for Web Apps (OpenCV)). Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TCP to compromise Oracle Application Testing Suite. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Application Testing Suite. (CVE-2023-2618)

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

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the January 2024 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/docs/tech/security-alerts/cpujan2024csaf.json

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2024.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 189181

File Name: oracle_oats_cpu_jan_2024.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/18/2024

Updated: 1/22/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2618

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:application_testing_suite

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Application Testing Suite

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2618

IAVA: 2024-A-0029