Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: java-1.8.0-openjdk / java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2022_1491)

high Nessus Plugin ID 358055

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2022_1491 advisory.

* OpenJDK: Defective secure validation in Apache Santuario (Libraries, 8278008) (CVE-2022-21476)

* OpenJDK: Unbounded memory allocation when compiling crafted XPath expressions (JAXP, 8270504) (CVE-2022-21426)

* OpenJDK: Improper object-to-string conversion in AnnotationInvocationHandler (Libraries, 8277672) (CVE-2022-21434)

* OpenJDK: Missing check for negative ObjectIdentifier (Libraries, 8275151) (CVE-2022-21443)

* OpenJDK: URI parsing inconsistencies (JNDI, 8278972) (CVE-2022-21496)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2022_1491.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 358055

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2022_1491.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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-2022-21476

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21426, CVE-2022-21434, CVE-2022-21443, CVE-2022-21476, CVE-2022-21496

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