GLSA 201701-43: IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | 01/19/2017 |
| Bugs: | , |
| ID: | 201701-43 |
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 | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| dev-java/icedtea-bin | < 7.2.6.8 | >= 7.2.6.8 | All supported architectures |
Description
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.
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.
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
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
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.
License
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