SUSE SLES15: java-1_8_0-openjdk / java-1_8_0-openjdk-demo / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:0873-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159019

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0873-1 advisory.

Update to version jdk8u322 (icedtea-3.22.0)

Including the following security fixes:

- CVE-2022-21248, bsc#1194926: Enhance cross VM serialization
- CVE-2022-21283, bsc#1194937: Better String matching
- CVE-2022-21293, bsc#1194935: Improve String constructions
- CVE-2022-21294, bsc#1194934: Enhance construction of Identity maps
- CVE-2022-21282, bsc#1194933: Better resolution of URIs
- CVE-2022-21296, bsc#1194932: Improve SAX Parser configuration management
- CVE-2022-21299, bsc#1194931: Improved scanning of XML entities
- CVE-2022-21305, bsc#1194939: Better array indexing
- CVE-2022-21340, bsc#1194940: Verify Jar Verification
- CVE-2022-21341, bsc#1194941: Improve serial forms for transport
- CVE-2022-21349: Improve Solaris font rendering
- CVE-2022-21360, bsc#1194929: Enhance BMP image support
- CVE-2022-21365, bsc#1194928: Enhanced BMP processing

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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 java-1_8_0-openjdk, java-1_8_0-openjdk-demo, java-1_8_0-openjdk-devel and / or java-1_8_0-openjdk- headless packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159019

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0873-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/17/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21305

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_8_0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_8_0-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_8_0-openjdk-demo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_8_0-openjdk-headless

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21248, CVE-2022-21282, CVE-2022-21283, CVE-2022-21293, CVE-2022-21294, CVE-2022-21296, CVE-2022-21299, CVE-2022-21305, CVE-2022-21340, CVE-2022-21341, CVE-2022-21349, CVE-2022-21360, CVE-2022-21365

IAVA: 2022-A-0031-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0873-1

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