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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : OpenJDK vulnerabilities (USN-5719-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167234

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5719-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled long client hostnames. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the corruption of sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21619)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly randomized DNS port numbers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform spoofing attacks. (CVE-2022-21624)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK did not limit the number of connections accepted from HTTP clients. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-21628)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled X.509 certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK 11. (CVE-2022-21626)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled cached server connections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform spoofing attacks. This issue only affected OpenJDK 11, OpenJDK 17 and OpenJDK 19. (CVE-2022-39399)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled byte conversions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected OpenJDK 11, OpenJDK 17 and OpenJDK 19.
 (CVE-2022-21618)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5719-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167234

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5719-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2022

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21618

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:N/I:L/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-demo, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-demo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jre, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-19-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-11-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jdk-headless, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-19-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-11-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jre, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-11-jre-zero, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-19-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jre-zero, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-11-demo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jre-jamvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jre-zero, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-11-jre, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-19-jre, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-19-demo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-11-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-19-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-11-jdk-headless, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-19-jre-zero

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21618, CVE-2022-21619, CVE-2022-21624, CVE-2022-21626, CVE-2022-21628, CVE-2022-39399

USN: 5719-1