RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.5.0-ibm (RHSA-2015:0136)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 81204

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-2015:0136 advisory.

- ICU: font parsing OOB read (OpenJDK 2D, 8055489) (CVE-2014-6585)

- ICU: font parsing OOB read (OpenJDK 2D, 8056276) (CVE-2014-6591)

- OpenJDK: incorrect tracking of ChangeCipherSpec during SSL/TLS handshake (JSSE, 8057555) (CVE-2014-6593)

- IBM JDK: unspecified full Java sandbox bypass fixed in Feb 2015 update (CVE-2014-8891)

- IBM JDK: unspecified partial Java sandbox bypass fixed in Feb 2015 update (CVE-2014-8892)

- OpenJDK: phantom references handling issue in garbage collector (Hotspot, 8047125) (CVE-2015-0395)

- OpenJDK: directory information leak via file chooser (Swing, 8055304) (CVE-2015-0407)

- OpenJDK: incorrect context class loader use in RMI transport (RMI, 8055309) (CVE-2015-0408)

- OpenJDK: DER decoder infinite loop (Security, 8059485) (CVE-2015-0410)

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-2015:0136.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7dde4182

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0136

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183023

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183031

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183043

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183044

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183049

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183645

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183646

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1189142

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1189145

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 81204

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-0136.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2015

Updated: 4/24/2024

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: 6.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0408

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

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: 2/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6585, CVE-2014-6591, CVE-2014-6593, CVE-2014-8891, CVE-2014-8892, CVE-2015-0395, CVE-2015-0407, CVE-2015-0408, CVE-2015-0410

BID: 72140, 72162, 72165, 72169, 72173, 72175, 73258, 73259

CWE: 125, 835

RHSA: 2015:0136