Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
The Eclipse software development environment provides a set of tools for C/C++ and Java development.
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the Eclipse Help Contents web application. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a cross-site scripting attack against victims by tricking them into visiting a specially-crafted Eclipse Help URL. (CVE-2010-4647)
The following Eclipse packages have been upgraded to the versions found in the official upstream Eclipse Helios SR1 release, providing a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions:
* eclipse to 3.6.1. (BZ#656329)
* eclipse-cdt to 7.0.1. (BZ#656333)
* eclipse-birt to 2.6.0. (BZ#656391)
* eclipse-emf to 2.6.0. (BZ#656344)
* eclipse-gef to 3.6.1. (BZ#656347)
* eclipse-mylyn to 3.4.2. (BZ#656337)
* eclipse-rse to 3.2. (BZ#656338)
* eclipse-dtp to 1.8.1. (BZ#656397)
* eclipse-changelog to 2.7.0. (BZ#669499)
* eclipse-valgrind to 0.6.1. (BZ#669460)
* eclipse-callgraph to 0.6.1. (BZ#669462)
* eclipse-oprofile to 0.6.1. (BZ#670228)
* eclipse-linuxprofilingframework to 0.6.1. (BZ#669461)
In addition, the following updates were made to the dependencies of the Eclipse packages above:
* icu4j to 4.2.1. (BZ#656342)
* sat4j to 2.2.0. (BZ#661842)
* objectweb-asm to 3.2. (BZ#664019)
* jetty-eclipse to 6.1.24. (BZ#661845)
This update includes numerous upstream bug fixes and enhancements, such as:
* The Eclipse IDE and Java Development Tools (JDT):
- - projects and folders can filter out resources in the workspace.
- - new virtual folder and linked files support.
- - the full set of UNIX file permissions is now supported.
- - addition of the stop button to cancel long-running wizard tasks.
- - Java editor now shows multiple quick-fixes via problem hover.
- - new support for running JUnit version 4 tests.
- - over 200 upstream bug fixes.
* The Eclipse C/C++ Development Tooling (CDT):
- - new Codan framework has been added for static code analysis.
- - refactoring improvements such as stored refactoring history.
- - compile and build errors now highlighted in the build console.
- - switch to the new DSF debugger framework.
- - new template view support.
- - over 600 upstream bug fixes.
This update also fixes the following bugs:
* Incorrect URIs for GNU Tools in the "
Help Contents"
window have been
fixed. (BZ#622713)
* The profiling of binaries did not work if an Eclipse project was not in an Eclipse workspace. This up ...
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Affected
eclipse on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-4647 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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