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Oracle Linux 7 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (ELSA-2023-0203)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 170509

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-0203 advisory.

 [1:1.8.0.362.b08-1]
 - Update to shenandoah-jdk8u352-b08 (GA)
 - Update release notes for shenandoah-8u352-b08.
 - Fix broken links and missing release notes in older releases.
 - Drop RH1163501 patch which is not upstream or in 11, 17 & 19 packages and seems obsolete
 - Patch was broken by inclusion of 'JDK-8293554: Enhanced DH Key Exchanges'
 - Patch was added for a specific corner case of a 4096-bit DH key on a Fedora host that no longer exists
 - Fedora now appears to be using RSA and the JDK now supports ECC in preference to large DH keys
 - Resolves: rhbz#2160111

 [1:1.8.0.362.b07-0.1.ea]
 - Update to shenandoah-jdk8u362-b07 (EA)
 - Update release notes for shenandoah-8u362-b07.
 - Switch to EA mode for 8u362 pre-release builds.
 - Require tzdata 2022g due to inclusion of JDK-8296108, JDK-8296715 & JDK-8297804
 - Drop tzdata patches for 2022d & 2022e (JDK-8294357 & JDK-8295173) which are now upstream
 - Update TestTranslations.java to test the new America/Ciudad_Juarez zone
 - Resolves: rhbz#2150191

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

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-0203.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 170509

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-0203.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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-2023-21830

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: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:7, 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: 1/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-21830, CVE-2023-21843