RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : java-1.6.0-sun (RHSA-2012:0139)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 57991

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-2011-3563, CVE-2011-3571, CVE-2011-5035, CVE-2012-0498, CVE-2012-0499, CVE-2012-0500, CVE-2012-0501, CVE-2012-0502, CVE-2012-0503, CVE-2012-0505, CVE-2012-0506)

All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide JDK and JRE 6 Update 31 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/errata/RHSA-2012:0139

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3563

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3571

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-5035

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0498

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0499

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0500

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0501

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0502

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0503

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0505

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0506

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0507

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa5506d5

http://www.nessus.org/u?f4d77b1c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 57991

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0139.nasl

Version: 1.38

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/17/2012

Updated: 3/8/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.9

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-2012-0507

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

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: 2/16/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2011

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

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Java AtomicReferenceArray Type Violation Vulnerability)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3563, CVE-2011-3571, CVE-2011-5035, CVE-2012-0498, CVE-2012-0499, CVE-2012-0500, CVE-2012-0501, CVE-2012-0502, CVE-2012-0503, CVE-2012-0505, CVE-2012-0506, CVE-2012-0507

BID: 51194, 51467, 52011, 52012, 52013, 52014, 52015, 52016, 52017, 52018, 52019

RHSA: 2012:0139