RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : java-1.7.0-oracle (RHSA-2015:0857)

Critical Nessus Plugin ID 82909

New! Vulnerability Priority Rating (VPR)

Tenable calculates a dynamic VPR for every vulnerability. VPR combines vulnerability information with threat intelligence and machine learning algorithms to predict which vulnerabilities are most likely to be exploited in attacks. Read more about what VPR is and how it's different from CVSS.

VPR Score: 6.5

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated java-1.7.0-oracle packages that fix several security issues are now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

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.

Oracle Java SE version 7 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section.
(CVE-2005-1080, CVE-2015-0458, CVE-2015-0459, CVE-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469, CVE-2015-0477, CVE-2015-0478, CVE-2015-0480, CVE-2015-0484, CVE-2015-0488, CVE-2015-0491, CVE-2015-0492)

The CVE-2015-0478 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.

All users of java-1.7.0-oracle are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide Oracle Java 7 Update 79 and resolve these issues. All running instances of Oracle Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ef68d9ef

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0857

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-1080

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0458

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0459

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0460

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0469

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0477

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0478

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0480

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0484

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0488

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0491

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-0492

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 82909

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-0857.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2015/04/21

Updated: 2019/10/24

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Critical

VPR Score: 6.5

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-oracle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-oracle-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.7.0-oracle-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.1

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: 2015/04/20

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1080, CVE-2015-0458, CVE-2015-0459, CVE-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469, CVE-2015-0477, CVE-2015-0478, CVE-2015-0480, CVE-2015-0484, CVE-2015-0488, CVE-2015-0491, CVE-2015-0492

BID: 13083, 74072, 74083, 74094, 74097, 74104, 74111, 74119, 74129, 74135, 74141, 74147

RHSA: 2015:0857