RHEL 6 / 7 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2017:1220)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 100117

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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-FP5.

Security Fix(es) :

* This update fixes multiple 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 Vulnerabilities page, listed in the References section.
(CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841, CVE-2016-9842, CVE-2016-9843, CVE-2017-1289, CVE-2017-3509, CVE-2017-3511, CVE-2017-3533, CVE-2017-3539, CVE-2017-3544)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1220

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9840

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9841

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9842

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9843

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-1289

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-3509

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-3511

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-3533

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-3539

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-3544

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 100117

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-1220.nasl

Version: 3.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2017

Updated: 10/24/2019

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: 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: 5/10/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841, CVE-2016-9842, CVE-2016-9843, CVE-2017-1289, CVE-2017-3509, CVE-2017-3511, CVE-2017-3533, CVE-2017-3539, CVE-2017-3544

RHSA: 2017:1220