Debian DSA-4268-1 : openjdk-8 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111652

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VPR Score: 1.4

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that the PatternSyntaxException class in the Concurrency component of OpenJDK, an implementation of the Oracle Java platform could result in denial of service via excessive memory consumption.

Solution

Upgrade the openjdk-8 packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 8u181-b13-1~deb9u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/openjdk-8

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/openjdk-8

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4268

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111652

File Name: debian_DSA-4268.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 1.4

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:debian:debian_linux:openjdk-8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-2952

DSA: 4268