IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly determine the origin of unsigned applets, which allows remote attackers to bypass the approval process or trick users into approving applet execution via a crafted web page.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
icedtea-web (1.6.2).

Security Fix(es) :

  - It was discovered that IcedTea-Web did not properly     sanitize applet URLs when storing applet trust settings.
    A malicious web page could use this flaw to inject     trust-settings configuration, and cause applets to be     executed without user approval. (CVE-2015-5234)

  - It was discovered that IcedTea-Web did not properly     determine an applet's origin when asking the user if the     applet should be run. A malicious page could use this     flaw to cause IcedTea-Web to execute the applet without     user approval, or confuse the user into approving applet     execution based on an incorrectly indicated applet     origin. (CVE-2015-5235)

An update for icedtea-web is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The IcedTea-Web project provides a Java web browser plug-in and an implementation of Java Web Start, which is based on the Netx project.
It also contains a configuration tool for managing deployment settings for the plug-in and Web Start implementations. IcedTea-Web now also contains PolicyEditor - a simple tool to configure Java policies.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
icedtea-web (1.6.2). (BZ#1275523)

Security Fix(es) :

* It was discovered that IcedTea-Web did not properly sanitize applet URLs when storing applet trust settings. A malicious web page could use this flaw to inject trust-settings configuration, and cause applets to be executed without user approval. (CVE-2015-5234)

* It was discovered that IcedTea-Web did not properly determine an applet's origin when asking the user if the applet should be run. A malicious page could use this flaw to cause IcedTea-Web to execute the applet without user approval, or confuse the user into approving applet execution based on an incorrectly indicated applet origin.
(CVE-2015-5235)

Red Hat would like to thank Andrea Palazzo (Truel IT) for reporting these issues.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0778 advisory.

    [1.6.2-1]
    - updated to 1.6.2
    - fixed also rhbz#1303437 - package owns /etc/bash_completion.d but it should not own it
    - Resolves: rhbz#1275523

    [1.6.1-4]
    - updated to 1.6.1
    - Resolves: rhbz#1275523

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2817-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly handled applet URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use     this issue to inject applets into the .appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval.
    (CVE-2015-5234)

    Andrea Palazzo discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly determined the origin of unsigned applets. A remote     attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass user approval, or to trick the user into approving applet     execution. (CVE-2015-5235)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Java Plugin IcedTea Web was updated to 1.5.2, fixing bugs and security issues.

  - permissions sandbox and signed app and unsigned app with     permissions all-permissions now run in sandbox instead     of not at all.

  - fixed DownloadService

  - RH1231441 Unable to read the text of the buttons of the     security dialogue

  - Fixed RH1233697 icedtea-web: applet origin spoofing     (CVE-2015-5235, bsc#944208)

  - Fixed RH1233667 icedtea-web: unexpected permanent     authorization of unsigned applets (CVE-2015-5234,     bsc#944209)

  - MissingALACAdialog made available also for unsigned     applications (but ignoring actual manifest value) and     fixed

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The Java IcedTea-Web Plugin was updated to 1.6.1 bringing various features, bug- and securityfixes.

  - Enabled Entry-Point attribute check

  - permissions sandbox and signed app and unsigned app with     permissions all-permissions now run in sandbox instead     of not t all.

  - fixed DownloadService

  - comments in deployment.properties now should persists     load/save

  - fixed bug in caching of files with query

  - fixed issues with recreating of existing shortcut

  - trustAll/trustNone now processed correctly

  - headless no longer shows dialogues

  - RH1231441 Unable to read the text of the buttons of the     security dialogue

  - Fixed RH1233697 icedtea-web: applet origin spoofing     (CVE-2015-5235, bsc#944208)

  - Fixed RH1233667 icedtea-web: unexpected permanent     authorization of unsigned applets (CVE-2015-5234,     bsc#944209)

  - MissingALACAdialog made available also for unsigned     applications (but ignoring actual manifest value) and     fixed

  - NetX

  - fixed issues with -html shortcuts

  - fixed issue with -html receiving garbage in width and     height

  - PolicyEditor

  - file flag made to work when used standalone

  - file flag and main argument cannot be used in     combination

The update to 1.6 is included and brings :

  - Massively improved offline abilities. Added Xoffline     switch to force work without inet connection.

  - Improved to be able to run with any JDK

  - JDK 6 and older no longer supported

  - JDK 8 support added (URLPermission granted if     applicable)

  - JDK 9 supported

  - Added support for Entry-Point manifest attribute

  - Added KEY_ENABLE_MANIFEST_ATTRIBUTES_CHECK deployment     property to control scan of Manifest file

  - starting arguments now accept also -- abbreviations

  - Added new documentation

  - Added support for menu shortcuts - both javaws     applications/applets and html applets are supported

  - added support for -html switch for javaws. Now you can     run most of the applets without browser at all

  - Control Panel

  - PR1856: ControlPanel UI improvement for lower     resolutions (800*600)

  - NetX

  - PR1858: Java Console accepts multi-byte encodings

  - PR1859: Java Console UI improvement for lower     resolutions (800*600)

  - RH1091563: [abrt] icedtea-web-1.5-2.fc20: Uncaught     exception java.lang.ClassCastException in method     sun.applet.PluginAppletViewer$8.run()

  - Dropped support for long unmaintained -basedir argument

  - Returned support for -jnlp argument

  - RH1095311, PR574 - References class sun.misc.Ref removed     in OpenJDK 9

  - fixed, and so buildable on JDK9

  - Plugin

  - PR1743 - Intermittant deadlock in PluginRequestProcessor

  - PR1298 - LiveConnect - problem setting array elements     (applet variables) from JS

  - RH1121549: coverity defects

  - Resolves method overloading correctly with superclass     heirarchy distance

  - PolicyEditor

  - codebases can be renamed in-place, copied, and pasted

  - codebase URLs can be copied to system clipboard

  - displays a progress dialog while opening or saving files

  - codebases without permissions assigned save to file     anyway (and re-appear on next open)

  - PR1776: NullPointer on save-and-exit

  - PR1850: duplicate codebases when launching from security     dialogs

  - Fixed bug where clicking 'Cancel' on the 'Save before     Exiting' dialog could result in the editor exiting     without saving changes

  - Keyboard accelerators and mnemonics greatly improved

  - 'File - New' allows editing a new policy without first     selecting the file to save to

  - Common

  - PR1769: support signed applets which specify Sandbox     permissions in their manifests

  - Temporary Permissions in security dialog now     multi-selectable and based on PolicyEditor permissions

The update to 1.5.2 brings OpenJDK 8 support (fate#318956)

  - NetX

  - RH1095311, PR574 - References class sun.misc.Ref removed     in OpenJDK 9

  - fixed, and so buildable on JDK9

  - RH1154177 - decoded file needed from cache

  - fixed NPE in https dialog

  - empty codebase behaves as '.'

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The icedtea-web java plugin was updated to 1.6.1.

Changes included :

  - Enabled Entry-Point attribute check

  - permissions sandbox and signed app and unsigned app with     permissions all-permissions now run in sandbox instead     of not at all.

  - fixed DownloadService

  - comments in deployment.properties now should persists     load/save

  - fixed bug in caching of files with query

  - fixed issues with recreating of existing shortcut

  - trustAll/trustNone now processed correctly

  - headless no longer shows dialogues

  - RH1231441 Unable to read the text of the buttons of the     security dialogue

  - Fixed RH1233697 icedtea-web: applet origin spoofing     (CVE-2015-5235, bsc#944208)

  - Fixed RH1233667 icedtea-web: unexpected permanent     authorization of unsigned applets (CVE-2015-5234,     bsc#944209)

  - MissingALACAdialog made available also for unsigned     applications (but ignoring actual manifest value) and     fixed

  - NetX

  - fixed issues with -html shortcuts

  - fixed issue with -html receiving garbage in width and     height

  - PolicyEditor

  - file flag made to work when used standalone

  - file flag and main argument cannot be used in     combination

  - Fix generation of man-pages with some versions of 'tail'

Also included is the update to 1.6

  - Massively improved offline abilities. Added Xoffline     switch to force work without inet connection.

  - Improved to be able to run with any JDK

  - JDK 6 and older no longer supported

  - JDK 8 support added (URLPermission granted if     applicable)

  - JDK 9 supported 

  - Added support for Entry-Point manifest attribute

  - Added KEY_ENABLE_MANIFEST_ATTRIBUTES_CHECK deployment     property to control scan of Manifest file 

  - starting arguments now accept also -- abbreviations

  - Added new documentation

  - Added support for menu shortcuts - both javaws     applications/applets and html applets are supported

  - added support for -html switch for javaws. Now you can     run most of the applets without browser at all

  - Control Panel

  - PR1856: ControlPanel UI improvement for lower     resolutions (800*600)

  - NetX

  - PR1858: Java Console accepts multi-byte encodings

  - PR1859: Java Console UI improvement for lower     resolutions (800*600)

  - RH1091563: [abrt] icedtea-web-1.5-2.fc20: Uncaught     exception java.lang.ClassCastException in method     sun.applet.PluginAppletViewer$8.run()

  - Dropped support for long unmaintained -basedir argument

  - Returned support for -jnlp argument

  - RH1095311, PR574 - References class sun.misc.Ref removed     in OpenJDK 9 - fixed, and so buildable on JDK9

  - Plugin

  - PR1743 - Intermittant deadlock in PluginRequestProcessor

  - PR1298 - LiveConnect - problem setting array elements     (applet variables) from JS

  - RH1121549: coverity defects

  - Resolves method overloading correctly with superclass     heirarchy distance

  - PolicyEditor

  - codebases can be renamed in-place, copied, and pasted

  - codebase URLs can be copied to system clipboard

  - displays a progress dialog while opening or saving files

  - codebases without permissions assigned save to file     anyway (and re-appear on next open)

  - PR1776: NullPointer on save-and-exit

  - PR1850: duplicate codebases when launching from security     dialogs

  - Fixed bug where clicking 'Cancel' on the 'Save before     Exiting' dialog could result in the editor exiting     without saving changes

  - Keyboard accelerators and mnemonics greatly improved

  - 'File - New' allows editing a new policy without first     selecting the file to save to

  - Common

  - PR1769: support signed applets which specify Sandbox     permissions in their manifests

  - Temporary Permissions in security dialog now     multi-selectable and based on PolicyEditor permissions

  - Update to 1.5.2

  - NetX

  - RH1095311, PR574 - References class sun.misc.Ref removed     in OpenJDK 9 - fixed, and so buildable on JDK9

  - RH1154177 - decoded file needed from cache

  - fixed NPE in https dialog

  - empty codebase behaves as '.'

update to security release of 1.6.1 http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail /distro-pkg-dev/2015-September/033546.html

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
91538	Scientific Linux Security Update : icedtea-web on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160510)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
91168	CentOS 6 : icedtea-web (CESA-2016:0778)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
91150	Oracle Linux 6 : icedtea-web (ELSA-2016-0778)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
91075	RHEL 6 : icedtea-web (RHSA-2016:0778)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
87066	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : IcedTea Web vulnerabilities (USN-2817-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
86309	SUSE SLED11 Security Update : icedtea-web (SUSE-SU-2015:1689-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
86308	SUSE SLED12 Security Update : icedtea-web (SUSE-SU-2015:1682-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
86094	openSUSE Security Update : icedtea-web (openSUSE-2015-602)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
86052	Fedora 21 : icedtea-web-1.6.1-1.fc21 (2015-15677)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
86051	Fedora 22 : icedtea-web-1.6.1-1.fc22 (2015-15676)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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