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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : RESTEasy vulnerabilities (USN-7630-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 242054

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7630-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that RESTEasy made insufficient use of random values in asynchronous jobs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to steal user data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2016-6345)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy enabled a vulnerable GZIP decompression module by default. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2016-6346)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy improperly made use of unsanitized data while handling certain errors. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6347)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy enabled a vulnerable JSON manipulation module by default. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6348)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy enabled a vulnerable deserialization module by default. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7050)

 Nikos Papadopoulos discovered that RESTEasy improperly handled URL encoding when certain errors occur. An attacker could possibly use this issue to modify the app's behavior for other users throughout the network. This issue did not affect resteasy3.0 in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04.
 (CVE-2020-10688)

 Mirko Selber discovered that RESTEasy improperly validated user input during HTTP response construction.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue did not affect resteasy3.0 in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04.
 (CVE-2020-1695)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy improperly handled receiving the WebApplicationException during a client call. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain potentially sensitive server information.
 (CVE-2020-25633)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy improperly populated exception responses with endpoint class and method names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain potentially sensitive server information.
 (CVE-2021-20289)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy used improper permissions when creating temporary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to get access to sensitive data. (CVE-2023-0482)

 It was discovered that RESTEasy improperly handled certain HTTP requests containing ASCII control characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-9622)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected libresteasy-java and / or libresteasy3.0-java packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7630-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 242054

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7630-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/14/2025

Updated: 7/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7050

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9622

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libresteasy3.0-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libresteasy-java

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6345, CVE-2016-6346, CVE-2016-6347, CVE-2016-6348, CVE-2016-7050, CVE-2020-10688, CVE-2020-1695, CVE-2020-25633, CVE-2021-20289, CVE-2023-0482, CVE-2024-9622

USN: 7630-1