RHEL 7 : java-1.7.0-openjdk (RHSA-2018:1278)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109546

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.7.0-openjdk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1278 advisory.

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

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

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

- OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in PriorityBlockingQueue (Concurrency, 8189981) (CVE-2018-2796)

- 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: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in NamedNodeMapImpl (JAXP, 8189993) (CVE-2018-2799)

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

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

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

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-1.7.0-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1278.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7f4a0508

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1278

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=1567542

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=1567546

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109546

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1278.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/3/2018

Updated: 10/14/2024

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: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-2814

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo

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: 5/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-2790, CVE-2018-2794, CVE-2018-2795, CVE-2018-2796, CVE-2018-2797, CVE-2018-2798, CVE-2018-2799, CVE-2018-2800, CVE-2018-2814, CVE-2018-2815

CWE: 347, 502, 770

RHSA: 2018:1278