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RHEL 7 : java-1.8.0-oracle (RHSA-2016:0516)

high Nessus Plugin ID 90184

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for java-1.8.0-oracle.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0516 advisory.

 The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contains the software and tools that users need to run applets and applications written using the Java programming language. Oracle Java SE version 8 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

 This update provides Oracle Java 8 Update 77.

 Security Fix(es):

 This update fixes one vulnerability in the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit. Further information about this flaw can be found on the Oracle Security Alert page listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-0636)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2016:0516.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?74e1bf02

http://www.nessus.org/u?f50143a4

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0516

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1320650

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90184

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-0516.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/25/2016

Updated: 4/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0636

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

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: 3/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0636

CWE: 358

RHSA: 2016:0516