A vulnerability was found in in Java Web Start. If a user visits a malicious website, an attacker could misuse this flaw to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-2086)
Additionally, these packages fix several other critical vulnerabilities. These are summarized in the ‘Advance notification of Security Updates for Java SE’ from Sun Microsystems.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(60521);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2086");
script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : java (jdk 1.6.0) on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"A vulnerability was found in in Java Web Start. If a user visits a
malicious website, an attacker could misuse this flaw to execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-2086)
Additionally, these packages fix several other critical
vulnerabilities. These are summarized in the 'Advance notification of
Security Updates for Java SE' from Sun Microsystems."
);
# https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0902&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=320
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b4c23228"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected java-1.6.0-sun-compat and / or jdk packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cwe_id(94);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/01/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", reference:"java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.12-1.sl4.jpp")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", reference:"jdk-1.6.0_12-fcs")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.12-1.sl5.jpp")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"jdk-1.6.0_12-fcs")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
fermilab | scientific_linux | x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux |