icedtea included in java-1_6_0-openjdk was updated to version 1.8.1 which fixes two security issues :

CVE-2010-2783: IcedTea 'Extended JNLP Services' arbitrary file access CVE-2010-2548: IcedTea Incomplete property access check for unsigned applications

The new version also fixes many non-security bugs. For details please see http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2010/07/28/icedtea6-181-released/

It was discovered that the IcedTea plugin did not correctly check certain accesses. If a user or automated system were tricked into running a specially crafted Java applet, a remote attacker could read arbitrary files with user privileges, leading to a loss of privacy.
(CVE-2010-2548, CVE-2010-2783).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - IcedTea6 before 1.7.4 does not properly check property access, which allows unsigned apps to read and     write arbitrary files. (CVE-2010-2548)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201406-32 (IcedTea JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the IcedTea JDK. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the       privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain       sensitive information, bypass intended security policies, or have other       unspecified impact.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
48902	openSUSE Security Update : java-1_6_0-openjdk (openSUSE-SU-2010:0553-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/27/2010	1/14/2021	high
48349	Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : openjdk-6 vulnerabilities (USN-971-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	8/17/2010	11/12/2019	critical
48903	openSUSE Security Update : java-1_6_0-openjdk (openSUSE-SU-2010:0553-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/27/2010	1/14/2021	high
75533	openSUSE Security Update : java-1_6_0-openjdk (openSUSE-SU-2010:0553-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/13/2014	1/14/2021	high
217279	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2010-2548	Nessus	Misc.	3/3/2025	9/3/2025	critical
76303	GLSA-201406-32 : IcedTea JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST) (ROBOT)	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	6/30/2014	12/5/2022	critical

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