RHEL 8 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2023:4103)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 178336

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4103 advisory.

- IBM JDK: unsafe deserialization flaw in the Object Request Broker (ORB) (CVE-2022-40609)

- OpenJDK: improper connection handling during TLS handshake (8294474) (CVE-2023-21930)

- OpenJDK: missing string checks for NULL characters (8296622) (CVE-2023-21937)

- OpenJDK: incorrect handling of NULL characters in ProcessBuilder (8295304) (CVE-2023-21938)

- OpenJDK: Swing HTML parsing issue (8296832) (CVE-2023-21939)

- OpenJDK: certificate validation issue in TLS session negotiation (8298310) (CVE-2023-21967)

- OpenJDK: missing check for slash characters in URI-to-path conversion (8298667) (CVE-2023-21968)

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-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:4103.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 178336

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4103.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/17/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40609

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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: 7/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40609, CVE-2023-21930, CVE-2023-21937, CVE-2023-21938, CVE-2023-21939, CVE-2023-21967, CVE-2023-21968

CWE: 158, 20, 358, 502, 924

RHSA: 2023:4103

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