RHEL 6 / 7 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2017:0462)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97630

Synopsis

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

Description

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

IBM Java SE version 8 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades IBM Java SE 8 to version 8 SR4-FP1.

Security Fix(es) :

* This update fixes a vulnerability in the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. Further information about this flaw can be found on the IBM Java Security alerts page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-2183)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0462

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2183

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97630

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-0462.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/9/2017

Updated: 10/24/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5

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: 3/8/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2183

RHSA: 2017:0462