Gentoo: GLSA-201701-43: IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities
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. Many of the vulnerabilities can only be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and java applets. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All IcedTea-bin 7.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.6.8:7"
All IcedTea-bin 3.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/icedtea-bin-3.2.0:8"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-3458 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3458 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-3485 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3485 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-3500 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3500 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-3508 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3508 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-3550 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3550 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-3587 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3587 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-3598 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3598 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-3606 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3606 [ 9 ] CVE-2016-3610 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3610 [ 10 ] CVE-2016-5542 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5542 [ 11 ] CVE-2016-5554 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5554 [ 12 ] CVE-2016-5568 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5568 [ 13 ] CVE-2016-5573 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5573 [ 14 ] CVE-2016-5582 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5582 [ 15 ] CVE-2016-5597 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5597
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-43
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.
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.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-java/icedtea-bin < 7.2.6.8 >= 3.2.0 >= 7.2.6.8
Impact
===== Remote attackers may execute arbitrary code, compromise information, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
