CVE-2016-5537 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package netbeans (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-NETBEANS-665071
- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed25 Oct 2016
Introduced: 25 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-5537 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream netbeans package and not the netbeans package as distributed by Ubuntu.
Unspecified vulnerability in the NetBeans component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.1 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information is from the October 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue is a directory traversal vulnerability which allows local users with certain permissions to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in a archive entry in a ZIP file imported as a project.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5537
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93686
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539615/100/0/threaded
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40588/
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ORACLE-NETBEANS-IDE-DIRECTORY-TRAVERSAL.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139259/Oracle-Netbeans-IDE-8.1-Directory-Traversal.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037051
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40588