<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201610-01"> <title>Groovy: Arbitrary code execution</title> <synopsis>Groovy is vulnerable to a remote execution of arbitrary code when java serialization is used. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">groovy</product> <announced>October 06, 2016</announced> <revised>October 06, 2016: 1</revised> <bug>555470</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-java/groovy" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.4.5</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.4.5</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>A multi-faceted language for the Java platform</p> </background> <description> <p>Groovy’s MethodClosure class, in runtime/MethodClosure.java, is vulnerable to a crafted serialized object. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>Remote attackers could potentially execute arbitrary code, or cause Denial of Service condition </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>A workaround exists by using a custom security policy file utilizing the standard Java security manager, or do not rely on serialization to communicate remotely. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Groovy users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/groovy-2.4.5" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3253">CVE-2015-3253</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:21:07 +0000">b-man</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:32:23 +0000">b-man</metadata> </glsa>