Gentoo: GLSA-201607-17 Normal: BeanShell Remote Code Execution
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July 30, 2016
BeanShell is vulnerable to the remote execution of arbitrary code via Java serialization or XStream from an untrusted source.
Summary
An application that includes BeanShell on the classpath may be vulnerable if another part of the application uses Java serialization or XStream to deserialize data from an untrusted source.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All BeanShell users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot ">=dev-java/bsh-2.0_beta6"
References
[ 1 ] BeanShell 2.0b6 Release Information https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell/releases/tag/2.0b6 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-2510 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2510
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-17
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: BeanShell: Arbitrary code execution
Date: July 30, 2016
Bugs: #575482
ID: 201607-17
Topics Covered
Background
BeanShell is a small, free, embeddable Java source interpreter with
object scripting language features, written in Java.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-java/bsh < 2.0_beta6 >= 2.0_beta6
Impact
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Remote attackers could execute arbitrary code including shell commands.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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