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RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.5.0-sun (RHSA-2008:0123)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40713

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated java-1.5.0-sun packages that correct several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contains the software and tools that users need to run applets and applications written using the Java programming language.

These updated java-1.5.0-sun packages resolve the following security issues :

Two vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment allowed an untrusted application or applet to elevate the assigned privileges.
This could be misused by a malicious website to read and write local files or execute local applications in the context of the user running the Java process. (CVE-2008-0657)

Users of java-1.5.0-sun should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0657

http://www.nessus.org/u?f97ad11f

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0123

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40713

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0123.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-sun, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-sun-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-sun-demo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-sun-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-sun-plugin

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: 2/12/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0657

BID: 27650

CWE: 264

RHSA: 2008:0123