Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-6511

critical Nessus Plugin ID 218621

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u71, 6u81, 7u67, and 8u20 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to 2D. (CVE-2014-6511)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6511

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 218621

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2014_6511.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-6511

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libicu, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libicu-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libicu-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libicu-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libicu, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:icu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libicu-doc

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6511