SUSE SLES12: java-1_8_0-ibm / java-1_8_0-ibm-alsa / java-1_8_0-ibm-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:2899-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164444

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2899-1 advisory.

- Update to Java 8.0 Service Refresh 7 Fix Pack 11 (bsc#1202427):
- CVE-2022-34169: Fixed an integer truncation issue in the Xalan Java XSLT library that occurred when processing malicious stylesheets (bsc#1201684).
- CVE-2022-21549: Fixed an issue that could lead to computing negative random exponentials (bsc#1201685).
- CVE-2022-21541: Fixed a potential bypass of sandbox restrictions in the Hotspot component (bsc#1201692).
- CVE-2022-21540: Fixed a potential bypass of sandbox restrictions in the Hotspot component (bsc#1201694).

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-ibm, java-1_8_0-ibm-alsa, java-1_8_0-ibm-devel and / or java-1_8_0-ibm-plugin packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164444

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2899-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/26/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34169

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_8_0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_8_0-ibm-alsa, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_8_0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_8_0-ibm-devel

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: 8/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21540, CVE-2022-21541, CVE-2022-21549, CVE-2022-34169

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2899-1

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