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Gentoo: GLSA-202105-09 Normal: IcedTea Code Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey March 13, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in IcedTea enable remote adversaries to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in IcedTea allowing remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability through various vectors

Summary

Various OpenJDK attack vectors in IcedTea, such as 2D, Corba, Hotspot, Libraries, and JAXP, exist which allows remote attackers to affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of vulnerable systems. This includes the possibility of remote execution of arbitrary code, information disclosure, or Denial of Service. Many of the vulnerabilities can only be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and java applets. Please reference the CVEs listed for specific details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution remote attack Denial of Service normal severity IcedTea

Resolution

IcedTea 7.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/icedtea-7.2.6.4"
IcedTea bin 7.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.6.4"
IcedTea 6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/icedtea-6.1.13.9"
IcedTea bin 6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/icedtea-bin-6.1.13.9"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-6585 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6585 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-6587 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6587 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-6591 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6591 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-6593 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6593 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-6601 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6601 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-0383 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0383 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-0395 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0395 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-0400 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0400 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-0407 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0407 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-0408 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0408 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-0412 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0412 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-2590 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2590 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-2601 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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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/201603-14
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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: Normal
Title: IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 12, 2016
Bugs: #537940, #559532, #565842, #567850, #572716
ID: 201603-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution remote attack Denial of Service normal severity IcedTea

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in IcedTea allowing remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability through various vectors.

Background

IcedTea's aim is to provide OpenJDK in a form suitable for easy configuration, compilation and distribution with the primary goal of allowing inclusion in GNU/Linux distributions.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-java/icedtea < 7.2.6.4 *>= 6.1.13.9 >= 7.2.6.4 2 dev-java/icedtea-bin < 7.2.6.4 *>= 6.1.13.9 >= 7.2.6.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== Remote attackers may remotely execute arbitrary code, compromise information, or cause Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known work around at this time.

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