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Oracle Linux 8 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (ELSA-2021-1301)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 148884

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2021-1301 advisory.

 [1:1.8.0.292.b10-0]
 - Update to aarch64-shenandoah-jdk8u292-b10 (GA)
 - Update release notes for 8u292-b10.
 - Update tarball generation script to use PR3822 which handles JDK-8233228 & JDK-8035166 changes
 - Remove RH1868759 patch as this is now resolved upstream by JDK-8258833.
 - Re-organise S/390 patches for upstream submission, separating 8u upstream from Shenandoah fixes.
 - Add new formatting case found in memprofiler.cpp on debug builds to PR3593 patch.
 - Extend s390 patch to fix issue caused by JDK-8252660 backport and lack of JDK-8188813 in 8u.
 - Revise JDK-8252660 s390 failure to make _soft_max_size a jlong so pointer types are accurate.
 - Require tzdata 2020f due to JDK-8259048
 - Require tzdata 2021a due to JDK-8260356
 - This tarball is embargoed until 2021-04-20 @ 1pm PT.
 - Resolves: rhbz#1938201

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

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-1301.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 148884

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-1301.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2021

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: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: 4/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-2163