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Ubuntu 24.10 : OpenJDK 23 vulnerabilities (USN-7124-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211782

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7124-1 advisory.

 Andy Boothe discovered that the Networking component of OpenJDK 23 did not properly handle access under certain circumstances. An unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21208)

 It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 23 did not properly handle vectorization under certain circumstances. An unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to access unauthorized resources and expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-21210, CVE-2024-21235)

 It was discovered that the Serialization component of OpenJDK 23 did not properly handle deserialization under certain circumstances. An

 unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21217)

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-7124-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211782

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7124-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2024

Updated: 11/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-23-demo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-23-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-23-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-23-jre, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-23-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-23-jre-zero, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-23-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-23-testsupport

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Reference Information

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

USN: 7124-1