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.

Detections

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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

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.2 Oct 21, 2023, 5:06 AM Plugin metadata Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "False") Detection Plugin Feed: 202310210506
Version 1.0 May 17, 2023, 9:02 AM New Plugin Feed: 202305170902