RHEL 8 : java-17-openjdk (RHSA-2021:4135)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 155132

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-17-openjdk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4135 advisory.

The java-17-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.

Security Fix(es):

* OpenJDK: Incorrect principal selection when using Kerberos Constrained Delegation (Libraries, 8266689) (CVE-2021-35567)

* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFParser (Swing, 8265167) (CVE-2021-35556)

* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFReader (Swing, 8265580) (CVE-2021-35559)

* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in HashMap and HashSet (Utility, 8266097) (CVE-2021-35561)

* OpenJDK: Certificates with end dates too far in the future can corrupt keystore (Keytool, 8266137) (CVE-2021-35564)

* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised during TLS handshake (JSSE, 8267729) (CVE-2021-35578)

* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8267735) (CVE-2021-35586)

* OpenJDK: Non-constant comparison during TLS handshakes (JSSE, 8269618) (CVE-2021-35603)

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-17-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:4135.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?04a5db72

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4135

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014515

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014518

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014524

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015061

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015308

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015311

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015653

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015658

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 155132

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4135.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2021

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: Medium

Score: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-35567

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-static-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-src-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-jmods

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: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-35556, CVE-2021-35559, CVE-2021-35561, CVE-2021-35564, CVE-2021-35567, CVE-2021-35578, CVE-2021-35586, CVE-2021-35603

CWE: 20, 203, 476, 770, 863

IAVA: 2021-A-0481-S

RHSA: 2021:4135