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RHEL 8 : java-17-openjdk security update for RHEL 8.4 (Moderate) (RHSA-2025:0421)

🗓️ 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 8.4 Java 17 OpenJDK security update addresses vulnerability CVE-2025-21502, improves configurations.

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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/06/05");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-21502");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2025:0421");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2025-A-0049-S");

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2025:0421 advisory.

    The java-17-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java
    Software Development Kit.

    Security Fix(es):

    * JDK: Enhance array handling (CVE-2025-21502)

    Bug Fix(es):

    * The Red Hat OpenJDK packages rely on the copy-jdk-configs package to transfer configuration files to a
    new updated JDK. The version of this package in RHEL 8.4 has been outdated for some time and contains bugs
    that have been fixed in later RHEL versions. With this update, both copy-jdk-configs and the JDK have been
    updated to use the latest version of copy-jdk-configs, which has been used for some years on later RHEL
    versions (RHEL-73870).

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1d5aa5ed");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0421");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL java-17-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:0421.");
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  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
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  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-21502");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(195);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Moderate");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/01/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/01/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/01/22");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-demo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-17-openjdk-headless");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_release = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
if (isnull(os_release)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_release, rhel_version: '8.4')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.4', 'Red Hat ' + os_release);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8.4',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.4/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.4/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.4/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-demo-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-demo-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-devel-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-devel-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-headless-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-headless-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-javadoc-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-javadoc-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-jmods-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-jmods-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-src-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-src-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-static-libs-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'java-17-openjdk-static-libs-17.0.14.0.7-1.el8_4', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;

foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var epoch = NULL;
    var allowmaj = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var subscription_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
    'Advanced Update Support, Telco Extended Update Support or Update Services for SAP Solutions repositories.\n' +
    'Access to these repositories requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'java-17-openjdk / java-17-openjdk-demo / java-17-openjdk-devel / etc');
}

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05 Jun 2025 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 3.14.8
EPSS0.00971
SSVC
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