Debian dla-4243 : libbatik-java - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 242417

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4243 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4243-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk July 20, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : batik Version : 1.12-4+deb11u3 CVE ID : CVE-2020-11987 CVE-2022-38398 CVE-2022-38648 CVE-2022-40146 Debian Bug : 984829 1020589

Multiple cases of Server-Side Request Forgery have been fixed in the Batik SVG toolkit for Java.

For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 1.12-4+deb11u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your batik packages.

For the detailed security status of batik please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/batik

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the libbatik-java packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/batik

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11987

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-38398

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-38648

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40146

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/batik

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242417

File Name: debian_DLA-4243.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2025

Updated: 7/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11987

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbatik-java

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11987, CVE-2022-38398, CVE-2022-38648, CVE-2022-40146