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

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104116

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.

Oracle Java SE version 8 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades Oracle Java SE 8 to version 8 Update 151.

Security Fix(es):

* This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory page listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841, CVE-2016-9842, CVE-2016-9843, CVE-2016-10165, 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402345

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402346

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402348

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402351

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501868

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501873

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502038

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502053

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502611

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502614

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502629

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502632

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502640

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502649

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502687

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502858

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502869

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503169

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503319

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503320

http://www.nessus.org/u?175a097a

http://www.nessus.org/u?a89a82d8

http://www.nessus.org/u?bbe7f5cf

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2999

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367357

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104116

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

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2017

Updated: 3/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

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-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle, 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

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