RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.5.0-ibm (RHSA-2015:1544) (Logjam)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85238

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.

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.

IBM J2SE version 5.0 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the IBM Java Security alerts page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2015-1931, CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-2601, CVE-2015-2621, CVE-2015-2632, CVE-2015-2637, CVE-2015-2638, CVE-2015-2664, CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-4732, CVE-2015-4733, CVE-2015-4748, CVE-2015-4749, CVE-2015-4760)

Note: This update forces the TLS/SSL client implementation in IBM JDK to reject DH key sizes below 768 bits to address the CVE-2015-4000 issue. Refer to Red Hat Bugzilla bug 1223211, linked to in the References section, for additional details about this change.

IBM Java SDK and JRE 5.0 will not receive software updates after September 2015. This date is referred to as the End of Service (EOS) date. Customers are advised to migrate to current versions of IBM Java at this time. IBM Java SDK and JRE versions 6 and 7 are available via the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary content sets and will continue to receive updates based on IBM's lifecycle policy, linked to in the References section.

Customers can also consider OpenJDK, an open source implementation of the Java SE specification. OpenJDK is available by default on supported hardware architectures.

All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM J2SE 5.0 SR16-FP13 release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://developer.ibm.com/javasdk/support/security-vulnerabilities/

https://developer.ibm.com/javasdk/support/lifecycle/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223211#c33

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1544

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4000

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4748

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-2621

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-2601

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4732

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-2632

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-2590

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4760

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4731

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4749

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4733

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-2638

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-2637

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-2664

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1931

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85238

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-1544.nasl

Version: 2.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/5/2015

Updated: 4/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4760

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1931

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.5.0-ibm-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2015

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1931, CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-2601, CVE-2015-2621, CVE-2015-2632, CVE-2015-2637, CVE-2015-2638, CVE-2015-2664, CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-4732, CVE-2015-4733, CVE-2015-4748, CVE-2015-4749, CVE-2015-4760

RHSA: 2015:1544