SB2014030306 - Information disclosure in redhat icedtea-web
Published: March 3, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014030306
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6493)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/228e3652214a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00089.html
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-February/026192.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/282
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57036
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2131-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010958