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GLSA-201705-03 : Oracle JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 100017

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201705-03 (Oracle JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in in Oracle’s JRE and JDK. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, gain access to information, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Oracle JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.131' All Oracle JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.131'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-03

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100017

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201705-03.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 5/8/2017

Updated: 12/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3514

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:oracle-jdk-bin, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:oracle-jre-bin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3509, CVE-2017-3511, CVE-2017-3512, CVE-2017-3514, CVE-2017-3526, CVE-2017-3533, CVE-2017-3539, CVE-2017-3544

GLSA: 201705-03