openSUSE Security Update : java-10-openjdk (openSUSE-2019-570)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 123247

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for OpenJDK 10.0.2 fixes the following security issues :

- CVE-2018-2940: the libraries sub-component contained an easily exploitable vulnerability that allowed attackers to compromise Java SE or Java SE Embedded over the network, potentially gaining unauthorized read access to data that's accessible to the server. [bsc#1101645]

- CVE-2018-2952: the concurrency sub-component contained a difficult to exploit vulnerability that allowed attackers to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, or JRockit over the network. This issue could have been abused to mount a partial denial-of-service attack on the server. [bsc#1101651]

- CVE-2018-2972: the security sub-component contained a difficult to exploit vulnerability that allowed attackers to compromise Java SE over the network, potentially gaining unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Java SE accessible data.
[bsc#1101655)

- CVE-2018-2973: the JSSE sub-component contained a difficult to exploit vulnerability allowed attackers to compromise Java SE or Java SE Embedded over the network, potentially gaining the ability to create, delete or modify critical data or all Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data without authorization. [bsc#1101656]

Furthemore, the following bugs were fixed :

- Properly remove the existing alternative for java before reinstalling it. [bsc#1096420]

- idlj was moved to the *-devel package. [bsc#1096420]

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected java-10-openjdk packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 123247

File Name: openSUSE-2019-570.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/27/2019

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-2973

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk-accessibility-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-10-openjdk-headless

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-2940, CVE-2018-2952, CVE-2018-2972, CVE-2018-2973

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