JRE8-UX-000190 - Oracle JRE 8 must remove previous versions when the latest version is installed.

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Information

Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed may be exploited by adversaries. Some information technology products may remove older versions of software automatically from the information system.

Solution

Remove previous versions of JRE.

RPM uninstall:
# rpm -e jre-<version>-fcs

Self-extracting file uninstall:
# rm -r jre<version>

Perform for all out of date instances of JRE.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_JRE_8_UNIX_V1R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002617, Rule-ID|SV-81425r1_rule, STIG-ID|JRE8-UX-000190, Vuln-ID|V-66935

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 114bd9baa5534e87edbf3e47ec6f76e91decc28e789c2ca2a0e5d7db8f0c7a5c