RHEL 7 : java-1.8.0-oracle (RHSA-2017:2999)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104116

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.8.0-oracle.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2999 advisory.

- zlib: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c (CVE-2016-9840)

- zlib: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inffast.c (CVE-2016-9841)

- zlib: Undefined left shift of negative number (CVE-2016-9842)

- zlib: Big-endian out-of-bounds pointer (CVE-2016-9843)

- lcms2: Out-of-bounds read in Type_MLU_Read() (CVE-2016-10165)

- OpenJDK: CardImpl incorrect state handling (Smart Card IO, 8169026) (CVE-2017-10274)

- OpenJDK: multiple unbounded memory allocations in deserialization (Serialization, 8174109) (CVE-2017-10281)

- OpenJDK: incorrect privilege use when handling unreferenced objects (RMI, 8174966) (CVE-2017-10285)

- Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u171, 7u161, 8u151, and 9.0.1 (Javadoc) (CVE-2017-10293)

- OpenJDK: HTTP client insufficient check for newline in URLs (Networking, 8176751) (CVE-2017-10295)

- Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u151 and 9.0.1 (Deployment) (CVE-2017-10309)

- OpenJDK: unbounded resource use in JceKeyStore deserialization (Serialization, 8181370) (CVE-2017-10345)

- OpenJDK: insufficient loader constraints checks for invokespecial (Hotspot, 8180711) (CVE-2017-10346)

- OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation in SimpleTimeZone deserialization (Serialization, 8181323) (CVE-2017-10347)

- OpenJDK: multiple unbounded memory allocations in deserialization (Libraries, 8181432) (CVE-2017-10348)

- OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation in PredicatedNodeTest deserialization (JAXP, 8181327) (CVE-2017-10349)

- OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation in JAXWSExceptionBase deserialization (JAX-WS, 8181100) (CVE-2017-10350)

- OpenJDK: no default network operations timeouts in FtpClient (Networking, 8181612) (CVE-2017-10355)

- OpenJDK: weak protection of key stores against brute forcing (Security, 8181692) (CVE-2017-10356)

- OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation in ObjectInputStream deserialization (Serialization, 8181597) (CVE-2017-10357)

- OpenJDK: use of unprotected sname in Kerberos client (Libraries, 8178794) (CVE-2017-10388)

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-1.8.0-oracle package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:2999.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104116

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-2999.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/24/2017

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9843

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10165, CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841, CVE-2016-9842, CVE-2016-9843, CVE-2017-10274, CVE-2017-10281, CVE-2017-10285, CVE-2017-10293, CVE-2017-10295, CVE-2017-10309, CVE-2017-10345, CVE-2017-10346, CVE-2017-10347, CVE-2017-10348, CVE-2017-10349, CVE-2017-10350, CVE-2017-10355, CVE-2017-10356, CVE-2017-10357, CVE-2017-10388

CWE: 113, 125, 327, 345, 770

RHSA: 2017:2999

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