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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : IcedTea Web vulnerabilities (USN-2817-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87066

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2817-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly handled applet URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject applets into the .appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval.
 (CVE-2015-5234)

 Andrea Palazzo discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly determined the origin of unsigned applets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass user approval, or to trick the user into approving applet execution. (CVE-2015-5235)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2817-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87066

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2817-1.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2015

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5234

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5235

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-netx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-6-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-netx-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-7-plugin

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5234, CVE-2015-5235

USN: 2817-1