RHEL 6 : java-1.6.0-ibm (RHSA-2015:1486)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 84956

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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 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1486 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. Further information about these flaws can be found on the IBM Java Security alerts page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2015-1931, CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-2601, CVE-2015-2621, CVE-2015-2625, CVE-2015-2632, CVE-2015-2637, CVE-2015-2638, CVE-2015-2664, CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-4732, CVE-2015-4733, CVE-2015-4748, CVE-2015-4749, CVE-2015-4760)

Note: This update forces the TLS/SSL client implementation in IBM JDK to reject DH key sizes below 768 bits to address the CVE-2015-4000 issue.
Refer to Red Hat Bugzilla bug 1223211, linked to in the References section, for additional details about this change.

All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java SE 6 SR16-FP7 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-2015:1486.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 84956

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-1486.nasl

Version: 2.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/23/2015

Updated: 4/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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-2015-4760

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-2015-1931

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: 7/22/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2015

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1931, CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-2601, CVE-2015-2621, CVE-2015-2625, CVE-2015-2632, CVE-2015-2637, CVE-2015-2638, CVE-2015-2664, CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-4732, CVE-2015-4733, CVE-2015-4748, CVE-2015-4749, CVE-2015-4760

BID: 74733, 75784, 75812, 75818, 75823, 75832, 75833, 75854, 75857, 75861, 75867, 75874, 75883, 75890, 75895, 75985

CWE: 125, 295, 299, 327, 385, 567, 772, 787

RHSA: 2015:1486

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