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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)

🗓️ 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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Ubuntu versions have RESTEasy vulnerabilities that may allow data theft and denial of service attacks.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7630-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(242054);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/07/14");

  script_cve_id(
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    "CVE-2016-7050",
    "CVE-2020-1695",
    "CVE-2020-10688",
    "CVE-2020-25633",
    "CVE-2021-20289",
    "CVE-2023-0482",
    "CVE-2024-9622"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"7630-1");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7630-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected libresteasy-java and / or libresteasy3.0-java packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:P");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-7050");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-9622");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/08/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/07/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/07/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libresteasy-java");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libresteasy3.0-java");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2025 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "ubuntu_pro_sub_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '25.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04 / 25.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);

var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libresteasy-java', 'pkgver': '3.0.6-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE, 'cves': ['CVE-2020-1695', 'CVE-2020-10688', 'CVE-2020-25633', 'CVE-2021-20289', 'CVE-2023-0482', 'CVE-2024-9622']},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libresteasy3.0-java', 'pkgver': '3.0.26-1~18.04.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE, 'cves': ['CVE-2020-1695', 'CVE-2020-10688', 'CVE-2020-25633', 'CVE-2021-20289', 'CVE-2023-0482', 'CVE-2024-9622']},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libresteasy3.0-java', 'pkgver': '3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE, 'cves': ['CVE-2020-1695', 'CVE-2020-10688', 'CVE-2020-25633', 'CVE-2021-20289', 'CVE-2023-0482', 'CVE-2024-9622']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libresteasy3.0-java', 'pkgver': '3.0.26-3ubuntu0.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE, 'cves': ['CVE-2020-1695', 'CVE-2020-10688', 'CVE-2020-25633', 'CVE-2021-20289', 'CVE-2023-0482', 'CVE-2024-9622']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libresteasy3.0-java', 'pkgver': '3.0.26-6ubuntu0.24.04.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE, 'cves': ['CVE-2020-1695', 'CVE-2020-10688', 'CVE-2020-25633', 'CVE-2021-20289', 'CVE-2023-0482', 'CVE-2024-9622']},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libresteasy-java', 'pkgver': '3.6.2-3ubuntu0.25.04.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE, 'cves': ['CVE-2020-1695', 'CVE-2020-10688', 'CVE-2020-25633', 'CVE-2021-20289', 'CVE-2023-0482', 'CVE-2024-9622']},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libresteasy3.0-java', 'pkgver': '3.0.26-6ubuntu0.25.04.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE, 'cves': ['CVE-2020-1695', 'CVE-2020-10688', 'CVE-2020-25633', 'CVE-2021-20289', 'CVE-2023-0482', 'CVE-2024-9622']}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  var pro_required = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) {
        flag++;
        if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
    }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  if (pro_caveat_needed) {
    extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
    extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
    extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
  }
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libresteasy-java / libresteasy3.0-java');
}

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