Debian: DSA-3504-1: bsh security update

Date 04 Mar 2016

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

Alvaro MuÃ±oz and Christian Schneider discovered that BeanShell, an embeddable Java source interpreter, could be leveraged to execute arbitrary commands: applications including BeanShell in their classpath are vulnerable to this flaw if they deserialize data from an


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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3504-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Sebastien Delafond
March 04, 2016                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : bsh
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-2510

Alvaro MuÃ±oz and Christian Schneider discovered that BeanShell, an
embeddable Java source interpreter, could be leveraged to execute
arbitrary commands: applications including BeanShell in their
classpath are vulnerable to this flaw if they deserialize data from an
untrusted source.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.0b4-12+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0b4-15+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch) and unstable distribution
(sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0b4-16.

We recommend that you upgrade your bsh packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

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