GLSA 201711-14: IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/19/2017
Bugs:	#636522
ID:	201711-14

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in IcedTea, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

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	< 3.6.0	>= 3.6.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in IcedTea. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or gain access to information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All IcedTea binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/icedtea-bin-3.6.0"
    

References

• CVE-2017-10274
• CVE-2017-10281
• CVE-2017-10285
• CVE-2017-10295
• CVE-2017-10345
• CVE-2017-10346
• CVE-2017-10347
• CVE-2017-10348
• CVE-2017-10349
• CVE-2017-10350
• CVE-2017-10355
• CVE-2017-10356
• CVE-2017-10357
• CVE-2017-10388

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201711-14.xml

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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