RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.6.0-ibm (RHSA-2012:0514)

Critical Nessus Plugin ID 58866

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for 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 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-2011-3563, CVE-2011-5035, CVE-2012-0497, 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)

All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java 6 SR10-FP1 release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://developer.ibm.com/javasdk/support/security-vulnerabilities/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0514

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

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

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

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

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0497

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58866

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0514.nasl

Version: 1.31

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2012/04/25

Updated: 2019/10/24

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Critical

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility, 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-javacomm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.6.0-ibm-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.2

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: 2012/04/24

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2011/12/29

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Java AtomicReferenceArray Type Violation Vulnerability)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3563, CVE-2011-5035, CVE-2012-0497, 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, 52009, 52011, 52012, 52013, 52014, 52015, 52016, 52017, 52018, 52019, 52161

RHSA: 2012:0514