RHEL 7 : java-1.6.0-sun (RHSA-2016:0057)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88076

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.6.0-sun.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0057 advisory.

- libpng: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in png_get_PLTE/png_set_PLTE functions (CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472)

- OpenJDK: URL deserialization inconsistencies (Networking, 8059054) (CVE-2016-0402)

- OpenJDK: logging of RMI connection secrets (JMX, 8130710) (CVE-2016-0448)

- OpenJDK: insufficient enforcement of totalEntitySizeLimit (JAXP, 8133962) (CVE-2016-0466)

- OpenJDK: incorrect boundary check in JPEG decoder (AWT, 8139017) (CVE-2016-0483)

- ICU: integer signedness issue in IndicRearrangementProcessor (OpenJDK 2D, 8140543) (CVE-2016-0494)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL java-1.6.0-sun package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:0057.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6dbd87f4

http://www.nessus.org/u?e9d75cb4

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0057

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281756

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298906

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298957

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1299073

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1299385

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1299441

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88076

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-0057.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/22/2016

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0494

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8472

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472, CVE-2016-0402, CVE-2016-0448, CVE-2016-0466, CVE-2016-0483, CVE-2016-0494

CWE: 120, 532, 681, 787

RHSA: 2016:0057