RHEL 8 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2022:0970)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159108

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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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0970 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 SR7-FP5.

Security Fix(es):

* OpenJDK: Weak ciphers preferred over stronger ones for TLS (JSSE, 8264210) (CVE-2021-35550)

* OpenJDK: Incomplete deserialization class filtering in ObjectInputStream (Serialization, 8264934) (CVE-2022-21248)

* OpenJDK: Incomplete checks of StringBuffer and StringBuilder during deserialization (Libraries, 8270392) (CVE-2022-21293)

* OpenJDK: Incorrect IdentityHashMap size checks during deserialization (Libraries, 8270416) (CVE-2022-21294)

* OpenJDK: Excessive resource use when reading JAR manifest attributes (Libraries, 8272026) (CVE-2022-21340)

* OpenJDK: Insufficient checks when deserializing exceptions in ObjectInputStream (Serialization, 8272236) (CVE-2022-21341)

* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8273756) (CVE-2022-21360)

* OpenJDK: Integer overflow in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8273838) (CVE-2022-21365)

* 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-1.8.0-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:0970.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159108

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-0970.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/21/2022

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-35550

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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: 3/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-35550, CVE-2021-35603, CVE-2022-21248, CVE-2022-21293, CVE-2022-21294, CVE-2022-21340, CVE-2022-21341, CVE-2022-21360, CVE-2022-21365

CWE: 203, 327, 502, 770

IAVA: 2021-A-0481-S, 2022-A-0031-S

RHSA: 2022:0970

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