Debian DSA-4144-1 : openjdk-8 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 108421

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK, an implementation of the Oracle Java platform, resulting in denial of service, sandbox bypass, execution of arbitrary code, incorrect LDAP/GSS authentication, insecure use of cryptography or bypass of deserialisation restrictions.

Solution

Upgrade the openjdk-8 packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 8u162-b12-1~deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/openjdk-8

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/openjdk-8

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4144

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108421

File Name: debian_DSA-4144.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/19/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openjdk-8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-2579, CVE-2018-2582, CVE-2018-2588, CVE-2018-2599, CVE-2018-2602, CVE-2018-2603, CVE-2018-2618, CVE-2018-2629, CVE-2018-2633, CVE-2018-2634, CVE-2018-2637, CVE-2018-2641, CVE-2018-2663, CVE-2018-2677, CVE-2018-2678

DSA: 4144