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RHEL 9 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (RHSA-2022:2137)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164859

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.8.0-openjdk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:2137 advisory.

 - OpenJDK: Unbounded memory allocation when compiling crafted XPath expressions (JAXP, 8270504) (CVE-2022-21426)

 - 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: Defective secure validation in Apache Santuario (Libraries, 8278008) (CVE-2022-21476)

 - 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 RHEL java-1.8.0-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:2137.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2137

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2075788

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2075793

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2075836

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2075842

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2075849

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

http://www.nessus.org/u?3ac65593

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164859

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-2137.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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-2022-21476

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug

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: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21426, CVE-2022-21434, CVE-2022-21443, CVE-2022-21476, CVE-2022-21496

CWE: 1173, 179, 470, 770

RHSA: 2022:2137