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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : OpenJDK vulnerabilities (USN-6077-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175915

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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 / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6077-1 advisory.

 Ben Smyth discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled half-duplex connections during TLS handshake. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information.
 (CVE-2023-21930)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-21937)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled command arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-21938)

 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly validated HTML documents. An attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-21939)

 Ramki Ramakrishna discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled garbage collection. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2023-21954)

 Jonathan Looney discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled certificate chains during TLS session negotiation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
 (CVE-2023-21967)

 Adam Reziouk discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly sanitized URIs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2023-21968)

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-6077-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175915

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6077-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-21930

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-8-jdk, 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-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-11-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-11-jdk-headless, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-20-jre, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-20-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-20-jdk-headless, 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-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-20-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-11-jre-zero, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-20-jre-zero, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-20-demo, 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-20-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-jdk-headless

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-21930, CVE-2023-21937, CVE-2023-21938, CVE-2023-21939, CVE-2023-21954, CVE-2023-21967, CVE-2023-21968

USN: 6077-1