CVE-2015-5234

Medium

Description

IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly sanitize applet URLs, which allows remote attackers to inject applets into the .appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval to execute the applet via a crafted web page, possibly related to line breaks.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Icedtea
PublishedOct 9, 2015
First seenOct 9, 2015

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
redhat icedteav ≤ 1.5.2, 1.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation6.0—
opensuse opensuse13.1, 13.2—
fedoraproject fedora21, 22—

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