RHEL 6 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2020:0856)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134669

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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-2020:0856 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 SR6-FP5.

Security Fix(es):

* OpenJDK: Serialization filter changes via jdk.serialFilter property modification (Serialization, 8231422) (CVE-2020-2604)

* OpenJDK: Incorrect isBuiltinStreamHandler check causing URL normalization issues (Networking, 8228548) (CVE-2020-2593)

* OpenJDK: Incorrect exception processing during deserialization in BeanContextSupport (Serialization, 8224909) (CVE-2020-2583)

* OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of maxDatagramSockets limit in DatagramChannelImpl (Networking, 8231795) (CVE-2020-2659)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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-2020:0856.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134669

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-0856.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/18/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

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: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2020-2604

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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-1.8.0-ibm-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, 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: 3/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-2583, CVE-2020-2593, CVE-2020-2604, CVE-2020-2659

CWE: 172, 471, 770

RHSA: 2020:0856

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