RHEL 8 : java-17-openjdk security update for RHEL 8.4 (Moderate) (RHSA-2025:0421)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214462

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for java-17-openjdk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:0421 advisory.

The java-17-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.

Security Fix(es):

* JDK: Enhance array handling (CVE-2025-21502)

Bug Fix(es):

* The Red Hat OpenJDK packages rely on the copy-jdk-configs package to transfer configuration files to a new updated JDK. The version of this package in RHEL 8.4 has been outdated for some time and contains bugs that have been fixed in later RHEL versions. With this update, both copy-jdk-configs and the JDK have been updated to use the latest version of copy-jdk-configs, which has been used for some years on later RHEL versions (RHEL-73870).

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-17-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:0421.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214462

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-0421.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-17-openjdk-headless, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-static-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-jmods, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4

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

CWE: 195

RHSA: 2025:0421

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