RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.5.0-ibm (RHSA-2012:1465)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62930

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1465 advisory.

IBM J2SE version 5.0 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. Detailed vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM Security alerts page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2012-1531, CVE-2012-3143, CVE-2012-3216, CVE-2012-4820, CVE-2012-4822, CVE-2012-5069, CVE-2012-5071, CVE-2012-5073, CVE-2012-5075, CVE-2012-5079, CVE-2012-5081, CVE-2012-5083, CVE-2012-5084, CVE-2012-5089)

All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM J2SE 5.0 SR15 release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1465.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62930

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1465.nasl

Version: 1.32

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/16/2012

Updated: 11/4/2024

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: 6.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1475

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5081

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-devel

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: 11/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2012

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Java Applet Method Handle Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1531, CVE-2012-3143, CVE-2012-3216, CVE-2012-4820, CVE-2012-4822, CVE-2012-5069, CVE-2012-5071, CVE-2012-5073, CVE-2012-5075, CVE-2012-5079, CVE-2012-5081, CVE-2012-5083, CVE-2012-5084, CVE-2012-5089, CVE-2013-1475

BID: 53951, 55336, 55339, 55495, 56025, 56033, 56039, 56043, 56046, 56051, 56054, 56055, 56056, 56057, 56058, 56059, 56061, 56063, 56065, 56070, 56071, 56072, 56075, 56079, 56080, 56081, 56082, 56083

RHSA: 2012:1465

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