SUSE SLES12 Security Update : java-1_8_0-ibm (SUSE-SU-2024:1845-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 198123

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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-2024:1845-1 advisory.

Update to Java 8.0 Service Refresh 8 Fix Pack 25 (bsc#1223470):

- CVE-2023-38264: Fixed Object Request Broker (ORB) denial of service (bsc#1224164).
- CVE-2024-21094: Fixed C2 compilation fails with 'Exceeded _node_regs array' (bsc#1222986).
- CVE-2024-21068: Fixed integer overflow in C1 compiler address generation (bsc#1222983).
- CVE-2024-21085: Fixed Pack200 excessive memory allocation (bsc#1222984).
- CVE-2024-21011: Fixed Long Exception message leading to crash (bsc#1222979).
- CVE-2024-21012: Fixed HTTP/2 client improper reverse DNS lookup (bsc#1222987).

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: 198123

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1845-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/30/2024

Updated: 8/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38264

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:N/I:N/A:H

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-1_8_0-ibm-devel, 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

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: 5/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38264, CVE-2024-21011, CVE-2024-21012, CVE-2024-21068, CVE-2024-21085, CVE-2024-21094

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1845-1

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