Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : BeanShell vulnerability (USN-2923-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 89778

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Alvaro Munoz and Christian Schneider discovered that BeanShell incorrectly handled deserialization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected bsh, bsh-src and / or libbsh-java packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2923-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89778

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2923-1.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/9/2016

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2510

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bsh, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bsh-src, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbsh-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2510

USN: 2923-1