CVE-2015-5234

NameCVE-2015-5234
DescriptionIcedTea-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs798467

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
icedtea-web (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.5.3-1+deb8u1fixed
stretch1.6.2-3.1+deb9u1fixed
buster1.7.2-2fixed
bullseye1.8.4-1fixed
bookworm1.8.8-2fixed
sid, trixie1.8.8-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
icedtea-websourcejessie1.5.3-1
icedtea-websource(unstable)1.6.1-1798467

Notes

[wheezy] - icedtea-web <no-dsa> (Minor issue)

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