RHEL 7 : java-1.8.0-oracle (RHSA-2016:0055)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88074

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.8.0-oracle.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0055 advisory.

Oracle Java SE version 8 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-2015-7575, CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472, CVE-2016-0402, CVE-2016-0448, CVE-2016-0466, CVE-2016-0475, CVE-2016-0483, CVE-2016-0494)

Note: This update also disallows the use of the MD5 hash algorithm in the certification path processing. The use of MD5 can be re-enabled by removing MD5 from the jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms security property defined in the java.security file.

All users of java-1.8.0-oracle are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide Oracle Java 8 Update 71 and resolve these issues.
All running instances of Oracle 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-1.8.0-oracle package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:0055.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88074

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-0055.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/22/2016

Updated: 4/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 97

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-2016-0494

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8472

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-oracle-src

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: 12/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7575, CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472, CVE-2016-0402, CVE-2016-0448, CVE-2016-0466, CVE-2016-0475, CVE-2016-0483, CVE-2016-0494

CWE: 120, 532, 681, 787

RHSA: 2016:0055

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