Debian DSA-4485-1 : openjdk-8 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 126966

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the OpenJDK Java runtime, resulting in information disclosure, denial of service or bypass of sandbox restrictions. In addition the implementation of elliptic curve cryptography was modernised.

Solution

Upgrade the openjdk-8 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 8u222-b10-1~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/2019/dsa-4485

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 126966

File Name: debian_DSA-4485.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/24/2019

Updated: 5/23/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-2816

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-2745, CVE-2019-2762, CVE-2019-2769, CVE-2019-2786, CVE-2019-2816, CVE-2019-2842

DSA: 4485