CVE-2015-5234
N/A
Published: October 9, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC
7 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167120.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167130.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2015-September/033546.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0778.html
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167120.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167130.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2015-September/033546.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0778.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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