Details

Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed may be exploited by adversaries. Some information technology products may remove older versions of software automatically from the information system.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Remove previous versions of JRE.

RPM uninstall:
# rpm -e jre--fcs

Self-extracting file uninstall:
# rm -r jre

Perform for all out of date instances of JRE.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_JRE_8_UNIX_V1R3_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Information Integrity.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|SI-2(6)
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-002617
• Rule-ID|SV-81425r1_rule
• STIG-ID|JRE8-UX-000190
• Vuln-ID|V-66935

Source

• Tenable.com/audits