SUSE SLES11 Security Update : java-1_6_0-ibm (SUSE-SU-2016:0431-1) (SLOTH)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88709

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for java-1_6_0-ibm fixes the following issues by updating to 6.0-16.20 (bsc#963937)

- CVE-2015-5041: Could could have invoked non-public interface methods under certain circumstances

- CVE-2015-7575: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials

- CVE-2015-7981: libpng could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the png_convert_to_rfc1123 function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information

- CVE-2015-8126: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions

- CVE-2015-8472: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions

- CVE-2015-8540: libpng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by a read underflow in png_check_keyword in pngwutil.c. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

- CVE-2016-0402: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact

- CVE-2016-0448: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information

- CVE-2016-0466: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JAXP component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service

- CVE-2016-0483: An unspecified vulnerability related to the AWT component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact

- CVE-2016-0494: An unspecified vulnerability related to the 2D component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact

The following bugs were fixed :

- bsc#960402: resolve package conflicts in devel package

- bsc#960286: resolve package conflicts in the fonts subpackage

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS :

zypper in -t patch slessp2-java-1_6_0-ibm-12399=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=960286

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=960402

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=963937

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5041/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7575/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7981/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8126/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8472/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8540/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0402/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0448/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0466/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0483/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0494/

http://www.nessus.org/u?24fbf47b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88709

File Name: suse_SU-2016-0431-1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

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 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_6_0-ibm-alsa, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_6_0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_6_0-ibm-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_6_0-ibm-fonts, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_6_0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_6_0-ibm-plugin

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5041, CVE-2015-7575, CVE-2015-7981, CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472, CVE-2015-8540, CVE-2016-0402, CVE-2016-0448, CVE-2016-0466, CVE-2016-0483, CVE-2016-0494