RHEL 7 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2016:0098)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88554

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.8.0-ibm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0098 advisory.

- IBM JDK: J9 JVM allows code to invoke non-public interface methods (CVE-2015-5041)

- TLS 1.2 Transcipt Collision attacks against MD5 in key exchange protocol (SLOTH) (CVE-2015-7575)

- libpng: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in png_get_PLTE/png_set_PLTE functions (CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472)

- OpenJDK: URL deserialization inconsistencies (Networking, 8059054) (CVE-2016-0402)

- OpenJDK: logging of RMI connection secrets (JMX, 8130710) (CVE-2016-0448)

- OpenJDK: insufficient enforcement of totalEntitySizeLimit (JAXP, 8133962) (CVE-2016-0466)

- OpenJDK: PBE incorrect key lengths (Libraries, 8138589) (CVE-2016-0475)

- OpenJDK: incorrect boundary check in JPEG decoder (AWT, 8139017) (CVE-2016-0483)

- ICU: integer signedness issue in IndicRearrangementProcessor (OpenJDK 2D, 8140543) (CVE-2016-0494)

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-1.8.0-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:0098.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?fc9e550e

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0098

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281756

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289841

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298906

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298949

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298957

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1299073

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1299385

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1299441

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302689

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88554

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-0098.nasl

Version: 2.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/3/2016

Updated: 4/21/2024

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: 6.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0494

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5041

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5041, CVE-2015-7575, CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472, CVE-2016-0402, CVE-2016-0448, CVE-2016-0466, CVE-2016-0475, CVE-2016-0483, CVE-2016-0494

CWE: 120, 532, 681, 787

RHSA: 2016:0098