The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1633 advisory.

    The java-1.7.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 7 Java Runtime     Environment and the OpenJDK 7 Java Software Development Kit.

    Multiple flaws were discovered in the Libraries, 2D, and Hotspot components     in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws     to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6531,     CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6519)

    It was discovered that the StAX XML parser in the JAXP component in OpenJDK     performed expansion of external parameter entities even when external     entity substitution was disabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to     perform XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attack against applications using the     StAX parser to parse untrusted XML documents. (CVE-2014-6517)

    It was discovered that the DatagramSocket implementation in OpenJDK failed     to perform source address checks for packets received on a connected     socket. A remote attacker could use this flaw to have their packets     processed as if they were received from the expected source.
    (CVE-2014-6512)

    It was discovered that the TLS/SSL implementation in the JSSE component in     OpenJDK failed to properly verify the server identity during the     renegotiation following session resumption, making it possible for     malicious TLS/SSL servers to perform a Triple Handshake attack against     clients using JSSE and client certificate authentication. (CVE-2014-6457)

    It was discovered that the CipherInputStream class implementation in     OpenJDK did not properly handle certain exceptions. This could possibly     allow an attacker to affect the integrity of an encrypted stream handled by     this class. (CVE-2014-6558)

    The CVE-2014-6512 was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product     Security.

    This update also fixes the following bug:

    * The TLS/SSL implementation in OpenJDK previously failed to handle     Diffie-Hellman (DH) keys with more than 1024 bits. This caused client     applications using JSSE to fail to establish TLS/SSL connections to servers     using larger DH keys during the connection handshake. This update adds     support for DH keys with size up to 2048 bits. (BZ#1148309)

    All users of java-1.7.0-openjdk are advised to upgrade to these updated     packages, which resolve these issues. All running instances of OpenJDK 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.

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RHEL 5 : java-1.7.0-openjdk (RHSA-2014:1633)

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