CVE-2022-29599
Description
A flaw was found in the maven-shared-utils package. This issue allows a Command Injection due to improper escaping, allowing a shell injection attack.
Statement
Red Hat Satellite ships Candlepin component, which uses the Tomcatjss module from the RHEL AppStream repository. In turn, Tomcatjss relies on Maven, which itself depends on affected Apache Maven Shared Utils. Due to the fact that Satellite does not directly use Apache Maven Shared Utils, or expose it in its code, it is considered not affected by the flaw. Satellite customers can resolve the security warning by updating to the fixed Apache Maven Shared Utils through the updated Maven module, which is available in the RHEL 8 AppStream repository. It's worth noting that this solution applies solely to RHEL 8, which supports modules exclusively, and it is not applicable to earlier versions including RHEL 7.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Info alert:Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 9.8 | 9.8 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | None | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | None | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | High | High | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | High | High | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability
Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
If a malicious user injects a character (such as a semi-colon) that delimits the end of one command and the beginning of another, it may be possible to then insert an entirely new and unrelated command that was not intended to be executed. This gives an attacker a privilege or capability that they would not otherwise have.
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