SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : testng (SUSE-SU-2023:1690-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173735

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:1690-1 advisory.

- A vulnerability was found in cbeust testng. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function testngXmlExistsInJar of the file testng- core/src/main/java/org/testng/JarFileUtils.java of the component XML File Parser. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-214027. (CVE-2022-4065)

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

Solution

Update the affected testng and / or testng-javadoc packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205628

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2023-March/028497.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4065

Plugin Details

Severity : High

ID : 173735

File Name : suse_SU-2023-1690-1.nasl

Version : 1.0

Type : local

Agent : unix

Published : 3/31/2023

Updated : 3/31/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor : Medium

Score : 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor : High

Base Score : 7.2

Temporal Score : 5.3

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

Temporal Vector : E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source : CVE-2022-4065

CVSS v3

Risk Factor : High

Base Score : 7.8

Temporal Score : 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE : p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:testng , cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items : Host/local_checks_enabled , Host/cpu , Host/SuSE/release , Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease : No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date : 3/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date : 11/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE : CVE-2022-4065

SuSE : SUSE-SU-2023:1690-1