CVE-2010-3860

Description

IcedTea 1.7.x before 1.7.6, 1.8.x before 1.8.3, and 1.9.x before 1.9.2, as based on OpenJDK 6, declares multiple sensitive variables as public, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information including (1) user.name, (2) user.home, and (3) java.home system properties, and other sensitive information such as installation directories.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.53% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051711.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43085 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0215 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1024-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42412 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3090 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2010/11/24/icedtea6-176-183-and-192-released/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3108 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645843 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42417 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45114 vdb entry
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea6-1.9/rev/9aa0018d8c28 patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0176.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3860?
CVE-2010-3860 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3860?
To fix CVE-2010-3860, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-3860 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-3860 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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