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Azul Zulu Java Vulnerability (2025-01-21)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214447

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Synopsis

Azul Zulu OpenJDK is affected a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Azul Zulu installed on the remote host is 11 prior to 11.77.14 / 17 prior to 17.55.14 / 21 prior to 21.39.14 / 23 prior to 23.32.12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 2025-01-21 advisory.

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u431-perf, 11.0.25, 17.0.13, 21.0.5, 23.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.13, 21.0.5, 23.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.16 and 21.3.12. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. This vulnerability also applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. (CVE-2025-21502)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the January 2025 Azul Zulu OpenJDK Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://docs.azul.com/core/release/january-2025/release-notes

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214447

File Name: azul_zulu_23_32_12.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/21/2025

Updated: 9/10/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21502

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:azul:zulu

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Java

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21502