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GLSA-201607-17 : BeanShell: Arbitrary code execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 92653

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201607-17 (BeanShell: Arbitrary code execution)

 An application that includes BeanShell on the classpath may be vulnerable if another part of the application uses Java serialization or XStream to deserialize data from an untrusted source.
 Impact :

 Remote attackers could execute arbitrary code including shell commands.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All BeanShell users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot '>=dev-java/bsh-2.0_beta6'

See Also

https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell/releases/tag/2.0b6

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-17

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92653

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201607-17.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 8/1/2016

Updated: 1/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2510

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bsh

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2510

GLSA: 201607-17