Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 9, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5234
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.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/suse/icedtea-web&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012
< 1.5.3-0.9.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.5.3-0.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.1-2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.1-2.3.1
Patches
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References
9- mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2015-September/033546.htmlnvdPatch
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167120.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167130.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0778.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033780nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2817-1nvd
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