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RHEL 7 : icu (Unpatched Vulnerability)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 199651

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 7 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

 - ICU: missing boundary checks in layout engine (OpenJDK 2D, 8132042) (CVE-2015-4844)

 - icu: Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp (CVE-2017-14952)

 - Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D. NOTE:
 the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to checking of [a] glyph table in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) Layout Engine before 51.2. (CVE-2013-1569)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 199651

File Name: redhat_unpatched_icu-rhel7.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 6/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4844

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14952

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icu, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1569, CVE-2013-2383, CVE-2013-2384, CVE-2013-2419, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6585, CVE-2014-6591, CVE-2014-7940, CVE-2014-8146, CVE-2014-8147, CVE-2014-9654, CVE-2014-9911, CVE-2015-1270, CVE-2015-2632, CVE-2015-4760, CVE-2015-4844, CVE-2016-6293, CVE-2016-7415, CVE-2017-14952, CVE-2017-15422, CVE-2017-7867