RHEL 6 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2018:1463)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109908

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1463 advisory.

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

This update upgrades IBM Java SE 8 to version 8 SR5-FP10.

Security Fix(es):

* IBM JDK: J9 JVM allows untrusted code running under a security manager to elevate its privileges (CVE-2018-1417)

* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u161 and 9.0.4 (Deployment) (CVE-2018-2638)

* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u161 and 9.0.4 (Deployment) (CVE-2018-2639)

* OpenJDK: insufficient validation of the invokeinterface instruction (Hotspot, 8174962) (CVE-2018-2582)

* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u161 and 9.0.4 (Installer) (CVE-2018-2627)

* OpenJDK: LDAPCertStore insecure handling of LDAP referrals (JNDI, 8186606) (CVE-2018-2633)

* OpenJDK: use of global credentials for HTTP/SPNEGO (JGSS, 8186600) (CVE-2018-2634)

* OpenJDK: SingleEntryRegistry incorrect setup of deserialization filter (JMX, 8186998) (CVE-2018-2637)

* OpenJDK: GTK library loading use-after-free (AWT, 8185325) (CVE-2018-2641)

* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u171, 8u161, and 9.0.4 (JavaFX) (CVE-2018-2581)

* OpenJDK: LdapLoginModule insufficient username encoding in LDAP query (LDAP, 8178449) (CVE-2018-2588)

* OpenJDK: DnsClient missing source port randomization (JNDI, 8182125) (CVE-2018-2599)

* OpenJDK: loading of classes from untrusted locations (I18n, 8182601) (CVE-2018-2602)

* OpenJDK: DerValue unbounded memory allocation (Libraries, 8182387) (CVE-2018-2603)

* OpenJDK: insufficient strength of key agreement (JCE, 8185292) (CVE-2018-2618)

* OpenJDK: GSS context use-after-free (JGSS, 8186212) (CVE-2018-2629)

* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u181 and 7u171 (Serialization) (CVE-2018-2657)

* OpenJDK: ArrayBlockingQueue deserialization to an inconsistent state (Libraries, 8189284) (CVE-2018-2663)

* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization (AWT, 8190289) (CVE-2018-2677)

* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation in BasicAttributes deserialization (JNDI, 8191142) (CVE-2018-2678)

* OpenJDK: unsynchronized access to encryption key data (Libraries, 8172525) (CVE-2018-2579)

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-1.8.0-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1463.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109908

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1463.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/18/2018

Updated: 10/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-2639

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm

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: 5/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1417, CVE-2018-2579, CVE-2018-2581, CVE-2018-2582, CVE-2018-2588, CVE-2018-2599, CVE-2018-2602, CVE-2018-2603, CVE-2018-2618, CVE-2018-2627, CVE-2018-2629, CVE-2018-2633, CVE-2018-2634, CVE-2018-2637, CVE-2018-2638, CVE-2018-2639, CVE-2018-2641, CVE-2018-2657, CVE-2018-2663, CVE-2018-2677, CVE-2018-2678

CWE: 20, 284, 327, 330, 416, 426, 502, 567, 770, 90

RHSA: 2018:1463

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