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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-5533

critical Nessus Plugin ID 260677

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - A vulnerability in the server content cache of TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi- Tenancy, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS contains a vulnerability which fails to prevent remote access to all the contents of the web application, including key configuration files.
 Affected releases are TIBCO JasperReports Server 6.4.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition 6.4.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM 6.4.0, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy 6.4.0, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS 6.4.0. (CVE-2017-5533)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5533

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 260677

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_5533.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/2/2025

Updated: 9/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5533

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:jasperreports

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5533