CVE-2015-5234

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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.44%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2817-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167120.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033780 vdb entry
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2015-September/033546.html patch mailing list
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0778.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167130.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233667 issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5234?
CVE-2015-5234 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5234?
To fix CVE-2015-5234, 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-2015-5234 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-5234 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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