RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.6.0-ibm (RHSA-2014:1877) (POODLE)

High Nessus Plugin ID 79352

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.

Red Hat Product Security 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.

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-2014-3065, CVE-2014-3566, CVE-2014-4288, CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-6458, CVE-2014-6492, CVE-2014-6493, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6503, CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6515, CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6532, CVE-2014-6558)

The CVE-2014-6512 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.

Note: With this update, the IBM SDK now disables the SSL 3.0 protocol to address the CVE-2014-3566 issue (also known as POODLE). Refer to the IBM article linked to in the References section for additional details about this change and instructions on how to re-enable SSL 3.0 support if needed.

All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java SE 6 SR16-FP2 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://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21688165

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1877

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6502

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6457

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6506

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6531

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6558

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6511

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6512

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6503

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6532

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4288

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6458

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6493

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6492

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6515

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3566

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3065

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79352

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1877.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2014/11/20

Updated: 2018/12/27

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/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:6.6

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

Exploit Available: false

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2014/11/19

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3065, CVE-2014-3566, CVE-2014-4288, CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-6458, CVE-2014-6492, CVE-2014-6493, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6503, CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6515, CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6532, CVE-2014-6558

BID: 70456, 70460, 70468, 70470, 70507, 70518, 70533, 70538, 70544, 70548, 70556, 70565, 70567, 70572, 70574, 71147

RHSA: 2014:1877