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openSUSE Leap 42.1: 2016:0788-1 Important: Bsh2 Java Deserialization Issue

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2016
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Important openSUSE patch released for bsh2 tackling CVE-2016-2510. Users can find update guidance included.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for bsh2 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2016-2510: 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.

Please see https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell/releases/tag/2.0b6 for

more information.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-351=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):

bsh2-2.0.0.b5-30.1

bsh2-bsf-2.0.0.b5-30.1

bsh2-classgen-2.0.0.b5-30.1

bsh2-demo-2.0.0.b5-30.1

bsh2-javadoc-2.0.0.b5-30.1

bsh2-manual-2.0.0.b5-30.1

bsh2-src-2.0.0.b5-30.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2510.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967593

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0788-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1 .

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