RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.6.0-ibm (RHSA-2015:2508)

Critical Nessus Plugin ID 87049

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VPR Score: 6

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. Further information about these flaws can be found on the IBM Java Security alerts page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2015-4734, CVE-2015-4803, CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4806, CVE-2015-4835, CVE-2015-4842, CVE-2015-4843, CVE-2015-4844, CVE-2015-4860, CVE-2015-4872, CVE-2015-4882, CVE-2015-4883, CVE-2015-4893, CVE-2015-4902, CVE-2015-4903, CVE-2015-5006)

Red Hat would like to thank Andrea Palazzo of Truel IT for reporting the CVE-2015-4806 issue.

All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java SE 6 SR16-FP15 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2508

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4902

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4843

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4842

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4872

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4860

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4844

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4893

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4883

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4734

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4882

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4903

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4806

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4805

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4803

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4835

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5006

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 87049

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-2508.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2015/11/24

Updated: 2019/10/24

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Critical

VPR Score: 6

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-1.6.0-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:6.7

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: 2015/11/23

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2015/10/21

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4734, CVE-2015-4803, CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4806, CVE-2015-4835, CVE-2015-4842, CVE-2015-4843, CVE-2015-4844, CVE-2015-4860, CVE-2015-4872, CVE-2015-4882, CVE-2015-4883, CVE-2015-4893, CVE-2015-4902, CVE-2015-4903, CVE-2015-5006

RHSA: 2015:2508