Debian DSA-2980-1 : openjdk-6 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 76689

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VPR Score: 6.5

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK, an implementation of the Oracle Java platform, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, breakouts of the Java sandbox, information disclosure or denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the openjdk-6 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 6b32-1.13.4-1~deb7u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/openjdk-6

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2980

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76689

File Name: debian_DSA-2980.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/23/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

VPR Score: 6.5

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openjdk-6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2490, CVE-2014-4209, CVE-2014-4216, CVE-2014-4218, CVE-2014-4219, CVE-2014-4244, CVE-2014-4252, CVE-2014-4262, CVE-2014-4263, CVE-2014-4266, CVE-2014-4268

BID: 68562, 68583, 68596, 68599, 68615, 68620, 68624, 68636, 68639, 68642, 68645

DSA: 2980