CentOS 6 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (CESA-2018:2241)

low Nessus Plugin ID 111355

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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.

Solution

Update the affected java-1.8.0-openjdk packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?19954fa8

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 111355

File Name: centos_RHSA-2018-2241.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/27/2018

Updated: 9/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-2952

RHSA: 2018:2241