RHEL 7 : java-1.7.1-ibm (RHSA-2014:1042)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 77143

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.7.1-ibm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1042 advisory.

IBM Java SE version 7 Release 1 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-2014-4208, CVE-2014-4209, CVE-2014-4218, CVE-2014-4219, CVE-2014-4220, CVE-2014-4221, CVE-2014-4227, CVE-2014-4244, CVE-2014-4252, CVE-2014-4262, CVE-2014-4263, CVE-2014-4265, CVE-2014-4266)

The CVE-2014-4262 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.

All users of java-1.7.1-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java SE 7R1 SR1-FP1 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-1.7.1-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2014:1042.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 77143

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1042.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2014

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: Medium

Score: 6.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4227

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4252

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.1-ibm-demo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3068, CVE-2014-3086, CVE-2014-4208, CVE-2014-4209, CVE-2014-4218, CVE-2014-4219, CVE-2014-4220, CVE-2014-4221, CVE-2014-4227, CVE-2014-4244, CVE-2014-4252, CVE-2014-4262, CVE-2014-4263, CVE-2014-4265, CVE-2014-4266

BID: 68571, 68576, 68580, 68583, 68596, 68599, 68603, 68620, 68624, 68632, 68636, 68639, 68642, 71408

CWE: 266

RHSA: 2014:1042

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