RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.6.0-ibm (RHSA-2013:0823)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 66440

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.6.0-ibm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0823 advisory.

IBM Java SE version 6 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-2013-0169, CVE-2013-0401, CVE-2013-1491, CVE-2013-1537, CVE-2013-1540, CVE-2013-1557, CVE-2013-1563, CVE-2013-1569, CVE-2013-2383, CVE-2013-2384, CVE-2013-2394, CVE-2013-2417, CVE-2013-2418, CVE-2013-2419, CVE-2013-2420, CVE-2013-2422, CVE-2013-2424, CVE-2013-2429, CVE-2013-2430, CVE-2013-2432, CVE-2013-2433, CVE-2013-2435, CVE-2013-2440)

All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java SE 6 SR13-FP2 release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for the 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-1.6.0-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0823.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b3aa7f32

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0823

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907589

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920245

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920248

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952387

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952509

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952521

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952524

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952638

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952642

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952648

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952656

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952657

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952708

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952709

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952711

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953166

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953172

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953265

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953267

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953269

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953270

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953273

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953275

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 66440

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0823.nasl

Version: 1.36

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2013

Updated: 11/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

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-2013-2440

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0401

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc

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: 5/14/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2013

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0169, CVE-2013-0401, CVE-2013-1491, CVE-2013-1537, CVE-2013-1540, CVE-2013-1557, CVE-2013-1563, CVE-2013-1569, CVE-2013-2383, CVE-2013-2384, CVE-2013-2394, CVE-2013-2417, CVE-2013-2418, CVE-2013-2419, CVE-2013-2420, CVE-2013-2422, CVE-2013-2424, CVE-2013-2429, CVE-2013-2430, CVE-2013-2432, CVE-2013-2433, CVE-2013-2435, CVE-2013-2440

BID: 57778, 58493, 58507, 59089, 59124, 59131, 59145, 59149, 59154, 59159, 59166, 59167, 59170, 59172, 59179, 59184, 59187, 59190, 59194, 59208, 59220, 59228, 59243

RHSA: 2013:0823