RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.6.0-sun (RHSA-2010:0770)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 49990

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The Sun 1.6.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the 'Oracle Java SE and Java for Business Critical Patch Update Advisory' page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2010-1321, CVE-2010-3541, CVE-2010-3548, CVE-2010-3549, CVE-2010-3550, CVE-2010-3551, CVE-2010-3552, CVE-2010-3553, CVE-2010-3554, CVE-2010-3555, CVE-2010-3556, CVE-2010-3557, CVE-2010-3558, CVE-2010-3559, CVE-2010-3560, CVE-2010-3561, CVE-2010-3562, CVE-2010-3563, CVE-2010-3565, CVE-2010-3566, CVE-2010-3567, CVE-2010-3568, CVE-2010-3569, CVE-2010-3570, CVE-2010-3571, CVE-2010-3572, CVE-2010-3573, CVE-2010-3574)

The RHSA-2010:0337 update mitigated a man-in-the-middle attack in the way the TLS/SSL (Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer) protocols handle session renegotiation by disabling renegotiation.
This update implements the TLS Renegotiation Indication Extension as defined in RFC 5746, allowing secure renegotiation between updated clients and servers. (CVE-2009-3555)

Users of java-1.6.0-sun should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. All running instances of Sun Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3555

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-1321

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3541

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3548

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3549

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3550

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3551

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3552

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3553

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3554

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3555

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3556

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3557

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3558

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3559

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3560

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3561

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3562

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3563

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3565

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3566

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3567

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3568

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3569

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3570

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3571

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3572

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3573

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3574

http://www.nessus.org/u?bc96963b

https://access.redhat.com/articles/20490

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0770

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 49990

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0770.nasl

Version: 1.36

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2010

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: Critical

Score: 9.4

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-1.6.0-sun-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2009

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Sun Java Web Start BasicServiceImpl Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3555, CVE-2010-1321, CVE-2010-3541, CVE-2010-3548, CVE-2010-3549, CVE-2010-3550, CVE-2010-3551, CVE-2010-3552, CVE-2010-3553, CVE-2010-3554, CVE-2010-3555, CVE-2010-3556, CVE-2010-3557, CVE-2010-3558, CVE-2010-3559, CVE-2010-3560, CVE-2010-3561, CVE-2010-3562, CVE-2010-3563, CVE-2010-3565, CVE-2010-3566, CVE-2010-3567, CVE-2010-3568, CVE-2010-3569, CVE-2010-3570, CVE-2010-3571, CVE-2010-3572, CVE-2010-3573, CVE-2010-3574

BID: 40235, 43965, 43971, 43979, 43985, 43988, 43992, 43994, 43999, 44009, 44011, 44012, 44013, 44014, 44016, 44017, 44020, 44021, 44023, 44024, 44026, 44027, 44028, 44030, 44032, 44035, 44038, 44040

CWE: 310

RHSA: 2010:0770