USN-2923-1: BeanShell vulnerability
USN-2923-1: BeanShell vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2923-1 8th March, 2016 bsh vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary BeanShell could be made to run programs if it processed specially crafted input. Software description bsh – Java scripting environment Details Alvaro Muñoz and Christian Schneider discovered that BeanShell incorrectlyhandled deserialization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issueto execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 15.10: libbsh-java 2.0b4-15ubuntu0.15.10.1 bsh 2.0b4-15ubuntu0.15.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libbsh-java 2.0b4-15ubuntu0.14.04.1 bsh 2.0b4-15ubuntu0.14.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: bsh 2.0b4-12ubuntu0.1 bsh-gcj 2.0b4-12ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2016-2510 Source: USN-2923-1: BeanShell vulnerability