RHEL 7 : java-1.6.0-sun (RHSA-2018:1205)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109306

Synopsis

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

Description

An update for java-1.6.0-sun is now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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.

Oracle Java SE version 6 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades Oracle Java SE 6 to version 6 Update 191.

Security Fix(es) :

* OpenJDK: incorrect handling of Reference clones can lead to sandbox bypass (Hotspot, 8192025) (CVE-2018-2814)

* OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of data from JCEKS key stores (Security, 8189997) (CVE-2018-2794)

* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u191, 7u171, and 8u161 (Security) (CVE-2018-2783)

* OpenJDK: insufficient consistency checks in deserialization of multiple classes (Security, 8189977) (CVE-2018-2795)

* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in TabularDataSupport (JMX, 8189985) (CVE-2018-2797)

* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in Container (AWT, 8189989) (CVE-2018-2798)

* OpenJDK: RMI HTTP transport enabled by default (RMI, 8193833) (CVE-2018-2800)

* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in StubIORImpl (Serialization, 8192757) (CVE-2018-2815)

* OpenJDK: incorrect merging of sections in the JAR manifest (Security, 8189969) (CVE-2018-2790)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1205

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-2783

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-2790

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-2794

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-2795

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-2797

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-2798

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-2800

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-2814

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-2815

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109306

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1205.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/24/2018

Updated: 10/24/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-2783, CVE-2018-2790, CVE-2018-2794, CVE-2018-2795, CVE-2018-2797, CVE-2018-2798, CVE-2018-2800, CVE-2018-2814, CVE-2018-2815

RHSA: 2018:1205