RHEL 5 : java-1.7.0-ibm (RHSA-2016:1589)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 92858

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.7.0-ibm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:1589 advisory.

- Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u111 and 8u101 (Deployment) (CVE-2016-3511)

- OpenJDK: incorrect handling of MethodHandles.dropArguments() argument (Libraries, 8155985) (CVE-2016-3598)

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-1.7.0-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:1589.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 92858

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-1589.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/11/2016

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: High

Score: 7.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3598

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-ibm-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-ibm-src

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: 8/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3511, CVE-2016-3598

RHSA: 2016:1589

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