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SUSE SLES12: java-11-openjdk / java-11-openjdk-demo / java-11-openjdk-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0436-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 171587

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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-2023:0436-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-21843: Fixed soundbank URL remote loading (bsc#1207248).
 - CVE-2023-21835: Fixed handshake DoS attack against DTLS connections (bsc#1207246).

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-11-openjdk, java-11-openjdk-demo, java-11-openjdk-devel and / or java-11-openjdk-headless packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207246

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207248

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21835

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21843

http://www.nessus.org/u?dbbda506

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 171587

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0436-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/17/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-21843

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-11-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-11-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-11-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-11-openjdk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-21835, CVE-2023-21843

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0436-1