Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ELSA-2015-1229)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 84785

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1229 advisory.

[1:1.7.0.85-2.6.1.2.0.1.el7_1]
- Update DISTRO_NAME in specfile

[1:1.7.0.85-2.6.1.2]
- Bump upstream tarball to u25b01 to fix issue with 8075374 backport.
- Resolves: rhbz#1235158

[1:1.7.0.85-2.6.1.1]
- Update OpenJDK tarball so correct version is used.
- Resolves: rhbz#1235158

[1:1.7.0.85-2.6.1.0]
- Add additional java.security md5sum from January CPU
- Resolves: rhbz#1235158

[1:1.7.0.85-2.6.1.0]
- Bump to 2.6.1 and u85b00.
- Resolves: rhbz#1235158

[1:1.7.0.80-2.6.0.1]
- Pass SYSTEM_GSETTINGS='true' to the OpenJDK build to explicitly enable the GSettings API.
- Resolves: rhbz#1235158

[1:1.7.0.80-2.6.0.0]
- Add GConf2-devel dependency for native proxy fallback support.
- Remove libxslt dependency pulled in from IcedTea builds.
- Reduce redhat-lsb dependency to redhat-lsb-core (lsb_release)
- Resolves: rhbz#1235158

[1:1.7.0.80-2.6.0.0]
- Bump to 2.6.0 and u80b32.
- Drop upstreamed patches and separate AArch64 HotSpot.
- Add dependencies on pcsc-lite-devel (PR2496) and lksctp-tools-devel (PR2446)
- Only run -Xshare:dump on JIT archs other than power64 as port lacks support
- Update remove-intree-libraries script to cover LCMS and PCSC headers and SunEC.
- Resolves: rhbz#1235158

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1229.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 84785

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1229.nasl

Version: 2.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2015

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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-2015-4760

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-src, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-1.7.0-openjdk, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2015

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-2601, CVE-2015-2621, CVE-2015-2625, CVE-2015-2628, CVE-2015-2632, CVE-2015-2808, CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-4732, CVE-2015-4733, CVE-2015-4748, CVE-2015-4749, CVE-2015-4760

BID: 73684, 74733, 75784, 75796, 75812, 75818, 75823, 75832, 75854, 75861, 75867, 75874, 75890, 75895

RHSA: 2015:1229