RHEL 6 : java-1.7.1-ibm (RHSA-2018:2576)

high Nessus Plugin ID 112179

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.7.1-ibm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2576 advisory.

- IBM JDK: DoS in the java.math component (CVE-2018-1517)

- IBM JDK: path traversal flaw in the Diagnostic Tooling Framework (CVE-2018-1656)

- Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (Libraries) (CVE-2018-2940)

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

- Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JSSE) (CVE-2018-2973)

- IBM JDK: privilege escalation via insufficiently restricted access to Attach API (CVE-2018-12539)

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-1.7.1-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2576.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 112179

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2576.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/29/2018

Updated: 8/13/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12539

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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-1.7.1-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm-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: 8/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12539, CVE-2018-1517, CVE-2018-1656, CVE-2018-2940, CVE-2018-2952, CVE-2018-2973

CWE: 22, 287, 770

RHSA: 2018:2576

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