RHEL 6 : java-1.6.0-ibm (RHSA-2012:0034)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 57595

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.6.0-ibm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0034 advisory.

The IBM Java SE version 6 release includes the IBM Java 6 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 6 Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 6 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 6 Software Development Kit. Detailed vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM Security alerts 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-2011-3556, CVE-2011-3557, CVE-2011-3560, CVE-2011-3561)

All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java 6 SR10 release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL java-1.6.0-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0034.

See Also

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/

http://www.nessus.org/u?6f678f27

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0034

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737506

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745379

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745387

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745391

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745397

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745399

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745442

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745447

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745459

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745464

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745473

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745476

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747191

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747198

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747200

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747203

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747205

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747208

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 57595

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0034.nasl

Version: 1.33

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/19/2012

Updated: 4/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3389

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc

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: 1/18/2012

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-2011-3556, CVE-2011-3557, CVE-2011-3560, CVE-2011-3561

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

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2012:0034