RHEL 7 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2016:0716)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 90882

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0716 advisory.

IBM Java SE version 8 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades IBM Java SE 8 to version 8 SR3.

Security Fix(es):

* This update fixes multiple 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-2016-0264, CVE-2016-0363, CVE-2016-0376, CVE-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687, CVE-2016-3422, CVE-2016-3426, CVE-2016-3427, CVE-2016-3443, CVE-2016-3449)

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-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:0716.

See Also

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/

http://www.nessus.org/u?16699328

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0716

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324044

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327743

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327749

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1328059

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1328210

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1328618

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1328619

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1328620

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330986

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1331359

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 90882

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-0716.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/4/2016

Updated: 11/4/2024

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3443

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3427

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2016

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0264, CVE-2016-0363, CVE-2016-0376, CVE-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687, CVE-2016-3422, CVE-2016-3426, CVE-2016-3427, CVE-2016-3443, CVE-2016-3449

CWE: 120

RHSA: 2016:0716