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RHEL 7 / 8 / 9 : java-11-openjdk ELS (RHSA-2025:0429)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 214461
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for java-11-openjdk ELS.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:0429 advisory.The java-11-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit.
This is the initial release of OpenJDK 11 with Extended Lifecycle Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 7, 8, and 9.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: Enhance array handling (CVE-2025-21502)
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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL java-11-openjdk ELS package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:0429.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-73804
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 214461
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-0429.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/22/2025
Updated: 1/22/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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-2025-21502
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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-static-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-headless-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-src-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-static-libs-debug, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-devel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-javadoc-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-jmods-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-demo-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-javadoc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-src-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-21502