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Oracle Linux 8 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (ELSA-2020-4347)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141935

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4347 advisory.

 [1:1.8.0.272.b10-1]
 - Add backport of JDK-8215727: 'Restore JFR thread sampler loop to old / previous behaviour'
 - Resolves: rhbz#1876665

 [1:1.8.0.272.b10-0]
 - Update to aarch64-shenandoah-jdk8u272-b10.
 - Switch to GA mode for final release.
 - Update release notes for 8u272 release.
 - Add backport of JDK-8254177 to update to tzdata 2020b
 - Require tzdata 2020b due to resource changes in JDK-8254177
 - Delay tzdata 2020b dependency until tzdata update has shipped.
 - Adjust JDK-8062808/PR3548 following constantPool.hpp context change in JDK-8243302
 - Adjust PR3593 following g1StringDedupTable.cpp context change in JDK-8240124 & JDK-8244955
 - This tarball is embargoed until 2020-10-20 @ 1pm PT.
 - Resolves: rhbz#1876665

 [1:1.8.0.272.b09-0.1.ea]
 - Include a test in the RPM to check the build has the correct vendor information.
 - Use 'oj_' prefix on new vendor globals to avoid a conflict with RPM's vendor value.
 - Improve quoting of vendor name
 - Resolves: rhbz#1876665

 [1:1.8.0.272.b09-0.1.ea]
 - Set vendor property and vendor URLs
 - Made URLs to be preconfigured by OS
 - Resolves: rhbz#1876665

 [1:1.8.0.272.b09-0.0.ea]
 - Update to aarch64-shenandoah-jdk8u272-b09 (EA).
 - Switch to EA mode.
 - Add debugging output for build.
 - JFR must now be explicitly disabled when unwanted (e.g. x86), following switch of upstream default.
 - Remove JDK-8154313 backport now applied upstream.
 - Change target from 'zip-docs' to 'docs-zip', which is the naming used upstream.
 - Update tarball generation script to use PR3795, following inclusion of JDK-8177334
 - Add additional s390 size_t case in g1ConcurrentMarkObjArrayProcessor.cpp introduced by JDK-8057003
 - Add additional s390 log2_intptr case in shenandoahUtils.cpp introduced by JDK-8245464
 - Enable JFR on x86, now we have JDK-8252096: Shenandoah: adjust SerialPageShiftCount for x86_32 and JFR
 - Update tarball generation script to use PR3799, following inclusion of JDK-8245468 (TLSv1.3)
 - Remove JDK-8165996/PR3506/RH1760437 as now applied upstream.
 - Resolves: rhbz#1876665

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4347.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141935

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4347.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14792

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14803

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14779, CVE-2020-14781, CVE-2020-14782, CVE-2020-14792, CVE-2020-14796, CVE-2020-14797, CVE-2020-14803