CentOS 8 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (CESA-2019:1816)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145650

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2019:1816 advisory.

- OpenJDK: Side-channel attack risks in Elliptic Curve (EC) cryptography (Security, 8208698) (CVE-2019-2745)

- OpenJDK: Insufficient checks of suppressed exceptions in deserialization (Utilities, 8212328) (CVE-2019-2762)

- OpenJDK: Unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in Collections (Utilities, 8213432) (CVE-2019-2769)

- OpenJDK: Insufficient restriction of privileges in AccessController (Security, 8216381) (CVE-2019-2786)

- OpenJDK: Missing URL format validation (Networking, 8221518) (CVE-2019-2816)

- OpenJDK: Missing array bounds check in crypto providers (JCE, 8223511) (CVE-2019-2842)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1816

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145650

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-1816.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2021

Updated: 5/11/2022

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-2745

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2019

Reference Information

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

BID: 109185, 109186, 109187, 109188, 109201, 109206

RHSA: 2019:1816