RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : java-1.6.0-sun (RHSA-2011:1384) (BEAST)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 56560

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The Sun 1.6.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2011-3389, CVE-2011-3516, CVE-2011-3521, CVE-2011-3544, CVE-2011-3545, CVE-2011-3546, CVE-2011-3547, CVE-2011-3548, CVE-2011-3549, CVE-2011-3550, CVE-2011-3551, CVE-2011-3552, CVE-2011-3553, CVE-2011-3554, CVE-2011-3555, CVE-2011-3556, CVE-2011-3557, CVE-2011-3558, CVE-2011-3560, CVE-2011-3561)

All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide JDK and JRE 6 Update 29 and resolve these issues. All running instances of Sun Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3558

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3560

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3561

http://www.nessus.org/u?3fed43a3

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1384

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3389

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3516

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3521

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3544

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3545

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3546

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3547

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3548

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3549

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3550

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3551

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3552

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3553

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3554

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3556

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3557

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 56560

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1384.nasl

Version: 1.37

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2011

Updated: 12/5/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3554

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-sun-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2011

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Java RMI Server Insecure Default Configuration Java Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3389, CVE-2011-3516, CVE-2011-3521, CVE-2011-3544, CVE-2011-3545, CVE-2011-3546, CVE-2011-3547, CVE-2011-3548, CVE-2011-3549, CVE-2011-3550, CVE-2011-3551, CVE-2011-3552, CVE-2011-3553, CVE-2011-3554, CVE-2011-3555, CVE-2011-3556, CVE-2011-3557, CVE-2011-3558, CVE-2011-3560, CVE-2011-3561

BID: 49778, 50211, 50215, 50216, 50218, 50220, 50223, 50224, 50226, 50229, 50231, 50234, 50236, 50237, 50239, 50242, 50243, 50246, 50248, 50250

RHSA: 2011:1384