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RHEL 8 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (RHSA-2021:1301)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 148878
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for java-1.8.0-openjdk.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1301 advisory.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: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms (8249906) (CVE-2021-2163)
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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL java-1.8.0-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:1301.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?dcc81da9
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 148878
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1301.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/21/2021
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: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 1.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-2163
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-2163