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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : java-1_7_0-openjdk (SUSE-SU-2016:1250-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 90993

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for java-1_7_0-openjdk to version 2.6.6 fixes five security issues.

These security issues were fixed :

 - CVE-2016-0686: Ensure thread consistency (bsc#976340).

 - CVE-2016-0687: Better byte behavior (bsc#976340).

 - CVE-2016-0695: Make DSA more fair (bsc#976340).

 - CVE-2016-3425: Better buffering of XML strings (bsc#976340).

 - CVE-2016-3427: Improve JMX connections (bsc#976340).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-725=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-725=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-725=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-725=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976340

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0686/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0687/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0695/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3425/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3427/

http://www.nessus.org/u?f28b5727

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 90993

File Name: suse_SU-2016-1250-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/9/2016

Updated: 5/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

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 v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-openjdk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-openjdk-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-openjdk-demo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2016

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687, CVE-2016-0695, CVE-2016-3425, CVE-2016-3427