RHEL 8 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2022:5837)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163694

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5837 advisory.

- OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in HashMap and HashSet (Utility, 8266097) (CVE-2021-35561)

- java-11-openj9,java-1_8_0-openj9: unverified methods can be invoked using MethodHandles (CVE-2021-41041)

- OpenJDK: Improper object-to-string conversion in AnnotationInvocationHandler (Libraries, 8277672) (CVE-2022-21434)

- OpenJDK: Missing check for negative ObjectIdentifier (Libraries, 8275151) (CVE-2022-21443)

- OpenJDK: URI parsing inconsistencies (JNDI, 8278972) (CVE-2022-21496)

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-2021-35561

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41041

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21434

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21443

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21496

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5837

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2014524

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2075793

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2075836

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2075849

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2080954

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163694

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5837.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/2/2022

Updated: 5/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, 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-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart

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: 8/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-35561, CVE-2022-21434, CVE-2022-21443, CVE-2022-21496

CWE: 1173, 191, 20, 252, 470, 770, 843, 908

RHSA: 2022:5837