RHEL 6 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (RHSA-2018:2241)

low Nessus Plugin ID 111256

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for java-1.8.0-openjdk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2241 advisory.

The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

Security Fix(es):

* OpenJDK: insufficient index validation in PatternSyntaxException getMessage() (Concurrency, 8199547) (CVE-2018-2952)

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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL java-1.8.0-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2241.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3a87798e

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2241

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1600925

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 111256

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2241.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/24/2018

Updated: 11/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-2952

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc

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: 7/23/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-2952

CWE: 770

RHSA: 2018:2241