USN-2923-1: BeanShell vulnerability

Publication date

8 March 2016

Overview

BeanShell could be made to run programs if it processed specially crafted input.


Packages

  • bsh - Java scripting environment

Details

Alvaro Muñoz and Christian Schneider discovered that BeanShell incorrectly
handled deserialization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to execute arbitrary code.

Alvaro Muñoz and Christian Schneider discovered that BeanShell incorrectly
handled deserialization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
15.10 wily bsh –  2.0b4-15ubuntu0.15.10.1
libbsh-java –  2.0b4-15ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 trusty bsh –  2.0b4-15ubuntu0.14.04.1
libbsh-java –  2.0b4-15ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 precise bsh –  2.0b4-12ubuntu0.1
bsh-gcj –  2.0b4-12ubuntu0.1

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