RHEL 8 / 9 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (RHSA-2024:8117)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209167

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.8.0-openjdk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:8117 advisory.

The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

Security Fix(es):

* giflib: Heap-Buffer Overflow during Image Saving in DumpScreen2RGB Function (CVE-2023-48161)

* JDK: Array indexing integer overflow (8328544) (CVE-2024-21210)

* JDK: HTTP client improper handling of maxHeaderSize (8328286) (CVE-2024-21208)

* JDK: Unbounded allocation leads to out-of-memory error (8331446) (CVE-2024-21217)

* JDK: Integer conversion error leads to incorrect range check (8332644) (CVE-2024-21235)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL java-1.8.0-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:8117.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209167

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-8117.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-slowdebug, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-48161, CVE-2024-21208, CVE-2024-21210, CVE-2024-21217, CVE-2024-21235

CWE: 119, 130, 190, 195, 789

RHSA: 2024:8117

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