RHEL 5 : java-1.5.0-bea (RHSA-2008:0156)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40716

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.5.0-bea.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2008:0156 advisory.

- Security Vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment With Applet Caching (CVE-2007-5232)

- Untrusted Application or Applet May Move or Copy Arbitrary Files (CVE-2007-5239)

- Applets or Applications are allowed to display an oversized window (CVE-2007-5240)

- Anti-DNS Pinning and Java Applets with HTTP proxy (CVE-2007-5273)

- java-1.5.0 Privilege escalation via unstrusted applet and application (CVE-2008-0657)

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 RHEL java-1.5.0-bea package based on the guidance in RHSA-2008:0156.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40716

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0156.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/24/2009

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-0657

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-bea, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-bea-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-bea-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-bea-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-bea-missioncontrol, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-bea-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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: 3/5/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5232, CVE-2007-5239, CVE-2007-5240, CVE-2007-5273, CVE-2008-0657

BID: 25918, 27650

RHSA: 2008:0156

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