RHEL 7 : java-1.6.0-sun (RHSA-2018:1205)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109306

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-2018:1205 advisory.

Oracle Java SE version 6 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades Oracle Java SE 6 to version 6 Update 191.

Security Fix(es):

* OpenJDK: incorrect handling of Reference clones can lead to sandbox bypass (Hotspot, 8192025) (CVE-2018-2814)

* OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of data from JCEKS key stores (Security, 8189997) (CVE-2018-2794)

* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u191, 7u171, and 8u161 (Security) (CVE-2018-2783)

* OpenJDK: insufficient consistency checks in deserialization of multiple classes (Security, 8189977) (CVE-2018-2795)

* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in TabularDataSupport (JMX, 8189985) (CVE-2018-2797)

* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in Container (AWT, 8189989) (CVE-2018-2798)

* OpenJDK: RMI HTTP transport enabled by default (RMI, 8193833) (CVE-2018-2800)

* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in StubIORImpl (Serialization, 8192757) (CVE-2018-2815)

* OpenJDK: incorrect merging of sections in the JAR manifest (Security, 8189969) (CVE-2018-2790)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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-1.6.0-sun package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1205.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b7171fca

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1205

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567121

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567126

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567351

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567537

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567543

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567545

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1568163

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1568515

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1569204

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109306

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1205.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/24/2018

Updated: 11/5/2024

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: 7.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-2783

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-2814

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: 4/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-2783, CVE-2018-2790, CVE-2018-2794, CVE-2018-2795, CVE-2018-2797, CVE-2018-2798, CVE-2018-2800, CVE-2018-2814, CVE-2018-2815

CWE: 347, 502, 770

RHSA: 2018:1205