Fedora 18 : java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.6-2.3.1.fc18.2 (2012-13100)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62142

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update is fixing recent important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE.

It was discovered that the Beans component in OpenJDK did not perform permission checks properly. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to use classes from restricted packages, allowing it to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2012-4681)

http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2012/08/31/security-icedtea6-1-10-9
-1-11-4-icedtea-2-3-2-released/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected java-1.7.0-openjdk package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?01bc4bcb

http://www.nessus.org/u?73d3dba5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62142

File Name: fedora_2012-13100.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:java-1.7.0-openjdk, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2012

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2012-13100