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RHEL 8 / 9 : java-21-openjdk security update for RHEL 8.10, 9.4 and 9.5 (Moderate) (RHSA-2025:0426)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214504

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for java-21-openjdk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:0426 advisory.

 The OpenJDK 21 packages provide the OpenJDK 21 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 21 Java Software Development Kit.

 Security Fix(es):

 * JDK: 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-21-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:0426.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

http://www.nessus.org/u?b06c9100

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0426

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214504

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-0426.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/22/2025

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

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-21-openjdk-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-static-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-headless, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-src-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-openjdk-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

CWE: 195

RHSA: 2025:0426