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GLSA-201707-01 : IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 101248

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201707-01 (IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in IcedTea. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Note: If the web browser plug-in provided by the dev-java/icedtea-web package was installed, the issues exposed via Java applets could have been exploited without user interaction if a user visited a malicious website.
 Impact :

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

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All IcedTea binary 7.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.6.10:7' All IcedTea binary 3.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/icedtea-bin-3.4.0:8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 101248

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201707-01.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 7/6/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:icedtea-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2183, CVE-2016-5546, CVE-2016-5547, CVE-2016-5548, CVE-2016-5549, CVE-2016-5552, CVE-2017-3231, CVE-2017-3241, CVE-2017-3252, CVE-2017-3253, CVE-2017-3260, CVE-2017-3261, CVE-2017-3272, CVE-2017-3289, CVE-2017-3509, CVE-2017-3511, CVE-2017-3512, CVE-2017-3514, CVE-2017-3526, CVE-2017-3533, CVE-2017-3539, CVE-2017-3544

GLSA: 201707-01