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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : java-1_7_0-ibm (SUSE-SU-2017:0716-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97826

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for java-1_7_1-ibm fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2016-2183: The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other protocols and products, have a birthday bound of approximately four billion blocks, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a birthday attack against a long-duration encrypted session, as demonstrated by an HTTPS session using Triple DES in CBC mode, aka a 'Sweet32' attack. (bsc#1027038)

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 OpenStack Cloud 5:zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-java-1_7_0-ibm-13027=1

SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1:zypper in -t patch slemap21-java-1_7_0-ibm-13027=1

SUSE Manager 2.1:zypper in -t patch sleman21-java-1_7_0-ibm-13027=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp3-java-1_7_0-ibm-13027=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-java-1_7_0-ibm-13027=1

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1027038

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2183/

http://www.nessus.org/u?34cd9491

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97826

File Name: suse_SU-2017-0716-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2017

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: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-ibm-alsa, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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: 3/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2183