GLSA 202409-26: IcedTea: Multiple Vulnerabilities
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | IcedTea: Multiple Vulnerabilities |
| Date: | 09/28/2024 |
| Bugs: | , , |
| ID: | 202409-26 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in IcedTea, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.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 | <= 3.16.0-r2 | All supported architectures | |
| dev-java/icedtea | <= 3.21.0 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in IcedTea. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
Gentoo has discontinued support for IcedTea. We recommend that users unmerge it:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --depclean "dev-java/icedtea" "dev-java/icedtea-bin"
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
Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.