CVE-2010-2548

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Description

The CVE Program describes this issue as:

IcedTea6 before 1.7.4 does not properly check property access, which allows unsigned apps to read and write arbitrary files.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of the java-1.6.0-openjdk package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue does not affect the version of the java-1.6.0-openjdk package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 616893: IcedTea Incomplete property access check for unsigned applications
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2010-2548

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v2 Base Score

5

6.4

Attack Vector

Network

Network

Access Complexity

Low

Low

Authentication

None

None

Confidentiality Impact

Partial

Partial

Integrity Impact

None

Partial

Availability Impact

None

None

CVSS v2 Vector

Red Hat: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Red Hat's CVSS v3 score or Impact different from other vendors?

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What is a mitigation?

I have a Red Hat product but it is not in the above list, is it affected?

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