RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.7.0-openjdk (RHSA-2013:0165)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 63590

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.7.0-openjdk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0165 advisory.

- OpenJDK: MethodHandles incorrect permission checks (Libraries, 8004933) (CVE-2012-3174)

- OpenJDK: MethodHandles.Lookup incorrect permission checks, Java 7 0day (Libraries, 8006017) (CVE-2013-0422)

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-1.7.0-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0165.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2023b20f

http://www.nessus.org/u?f5580843

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0165

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894172

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894934

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 63590

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0165.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/17/2013

Updated: 4/27/2024

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: 9.8

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2013-0422

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo

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: 1/16/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2013

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/15/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Java Applet JMX Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3174, CVE-2013-0422

BID: 57246, 57312

RHSA: 2013:0165