RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : java-1.6.0-sun (RHSA-2014:1658)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79057

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several security issues are now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Oracle Java SE version 6 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section.
(CVE-2014-4288, CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-6458, CVE-2014-6492, CVE-2014-6493, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6503, CVE-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6515, CVE-2014-6517, CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6532, CVE-2014-6558)

The CVE-2014-6512 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.

All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide Oracle Java 6 Update 85 and resolve these issues. All running instances of Oracle Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4288

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6457

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6458

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6492

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6493

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6502

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6503

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6504

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6506

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6511

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6512

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6515

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6517

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6531

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6532

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6558

http://www.nessus.org/u?3421cbe7

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1658

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79057

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1658.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/8/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 10/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4288, CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-6458, CVE-2014-6492, CVE-2014-6493, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6503, CVE-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6515, CVE-2014-6517, CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6532, CVE-2014-6558

RHSA: 2014:1658