Oracle Linux 6 : icedtea-web (ELSA-2016-0778)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91150

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0778 advisory.

[1.6.2-1]
- updated to 1.6.2
- fixed also rhbz#1303437 - package owns /etc/bash_completion.d but it should not own it
- Resolves: rhbz#1275523

[1.6.1-4]
- updated to 1.6.1
- Resolves: rhbz#1275523

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected icedtea-web and / or icedtea-web-javadoc packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-0778.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91150

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0778.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5234

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5235

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:icedtea-web, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:icedtea-web-javadoc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5234, CVE-2015-5235

RHSA: 2016:0778