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Gentoo: GLSA-201406-32 High Severity IcedTea JDK Code Execution

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Critical flaws identified in the OpenJDK toolkit may enable unauthorized access. Ensure you update to protect your environment.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the IcedTea JDK, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the IcedTea JDK. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue gentoo code execution remote execution icedtea jdk

Resolution

All IcedTea JDK users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/icedtea-bin-6.1.13.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-3555 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3555 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-2548 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2548 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-2783 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2783 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-3541 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3541 [ 5 ] CVE-2010-3548 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3548 [ 6 ] CVE-2010-3549 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3549 [ 7 ] CVE-2010-3551 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3551 [ 8 ] CVE-2010-3553 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3553 [ 9 ] CVE-2010-3554 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3554 [ 10 ] CVE-2010-3557 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3557 [ 11 ] CVE-2010-3561 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3561 [ 12 ] CVE-2010-3562 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3562 [ 13 ] CVE-2010-3564 http://...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-32
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: IcedTea JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 29, 2014
Bugs: #312297, #330205, #340819, #346799, #352035, #353418,
ID: 201406-32

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue gentoo code execution remote execution icedtea jdk

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the IcedTea JDK, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

IcedTea is a distribution of the Java OpenJDK source code built with free build tools.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-java/icedtea-bin < 6.1.13.3 >= 6.1.13.3

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, bypass intended security policies, or have other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.