Fedora 20 : java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.5-1.b13.fc20 (2014-5336)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 73703

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This security update fixes a large number of vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 8. It corresponds to the security update release for various Java versions on 2014-04-15.

Everyone using OpenJDK8 is strongly encouraged to update to this immediately.

More information about this update is available at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.h tml#AppendixJAVA

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-1.8.0-openjdk package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1e3ee66a

http://www.nessus.org/u?fb40f3ae

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 73703

File Name: fedora_2014-5336.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:java-1.8.0-openjdk, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2014

Reference Information

BID: 66898, 66899, 66902, 66903, 66904, 66905, 66907, 66908, 66909, 66910, 66911, 66912, 66913, 66914, 66915, 66916, 66917, 63676, 64493, 65568, 66856, 66866, 66870, 66877, 66879, 66881, 66883, 66886, 66887, 66891, 66893, 66894, 66897, 66918, 66919, 66920

FEDORA: 2014-5336