Information disclosure in redhat icedtea-web

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU41971

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6493

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The LiveConnect implementation in plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc in IcedTea-Web before 1.4.2 allows local users to read the messages between a Java applet and a web browser by pre-creating a temporary socket file with a predictable name in /tmp.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

icedtea-web: 1.0.1 - 1.3.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3::redhat:icedtea-web:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3::redhat:icedtea-web:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3::redhat:icedtea-web:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/228e3652214a
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00089.html
https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-February/026192.html
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/282
https://secunia.com/advisories/57036
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2131-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010958

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.