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

low Nessus Plugin ID 111652

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

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 111652

File Name: debian_DSA-4268.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openjdk-8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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