RHEL 7 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2021:0717)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 147140

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0717 advisory.

- OpenJDK: Credentials sent over unencrypted LDAP connection (JNDI, 8237990) (CVE-2020-14781)

- OpenJDK: Certificate blacklist bypass via alternate certificate encodings (Libraries, 8237995) (CVE-2020-14782)

- OpenJDK: Race condition in NIO Buffer boundary checks (Libraries, 8244136) (CVE-2020-14803)

- IBM JDK: Stack-based buffer overflow when converting from UTF-8 characters to platform encoding (CVE-2020-27221)

- OpenJDK: Unexpected exceptions raised by DOMKeyInfoFactory and DOMXMLSignatureFactory (Security, 8231415) (CVE-2020-2773)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2773

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14781

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14782

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14803

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27221

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0717

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1823224

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1889274

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1889290

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1889895

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1928555

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 147140

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0717.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2021

Updated: 5/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27221

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14781, CVE-2020-14782, CVE-2020-14803, CVE-2020-27221, CVE-2020-2773

CWE: 119, 248, 295, 319, 367

RHSA: 2021:0717