RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.6.0-ibm (RHSA-2012:1466)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62931

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 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1466 advisory.

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

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. Detailed vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM Security alerts page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2012-0547, CVE-2012-1531, CVE-2012-1532, CVE-2012-1533, CVE-2012-1682, CVE-2012-3143, CVE-2012-3159, CVE-2012-3216, CVE-2012-4820, CVE-2012-4822, CVE-2012-4823, CVE-2012-5068, CVE-2012-5069, CVE-2012-5071, CVE-2012-5072, CVE-2012-5073, CVE-2012-5075, CVE-2012-5079, CVE-2012-5081, CVE-2012-5083, CVE-2012-5084, CVE-2012-5089)

All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java SE 6 SR12 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-2012:1466.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?23ce870e

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1466

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853097

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853228

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865346

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865348

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865357

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865363

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865365

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865370

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865511

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865514

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865519

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865531

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865568

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867185

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867186

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867187

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867189

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867190

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867193

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=876386

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=876388

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=876389

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62931

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1466.nasl

Version: 1.33

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2012

Updated: 11/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

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-2013-1475

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5081

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: 11/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2012

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Sun Java Web Start Double Quote Injection)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0547, CVE-2012-1531, CVE-2012-1532, CVE-2012-1533, CVE-2012-1682, CVE-2012-3143, CVE-2012-3159, CVE-2012-3216, CVE-2012-4820, CVE-2012-4822, CVE-2012-4823, CVE-2012-5068, CVE-2012-5069, CVE-2012-5071, CVE-2012-5072, CVE-2012-5073, CVE-2012-5075, CVE-2012-5079, CVE-2012-5081, CVE-2012-5083, CVE-2012-5084, CVE-2012-5089, CVE-2013-1475

BID: 56043, 56046, 56051, 56054, 56055, 56056, 56057, 56058, 56059, 56061, 56063, 53951, 55336, 55339, 55495, 56025, 56033, 56039, 56065, 56070, 56071, 56072, 56075, 56079, 56080, 56081, 56082, 56083

RHSA: 2012:1466