openSUSE Security Update : icedtea-web (openSUSE-SU-2013:0893-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75010

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Changes in icedtea-web with update to 1.4 (bnc#818768) :

- Added cs, de, pl localization

- Splash screen for javaws and plugin

- Better error reporting for plugin via Error-splash-screen

- All IcedTea-Web dialogues are centered to middle of active screen

- Download indicator made compact for more then one jar

- User can select its own JVM via itw-settings and deploy.properties.

- Added extended applets security settings and dialogue

- Security updates

- CVE-2013-1926, RH916774: Class-loader incorrectly shared for applets with same relative-path.

- CVE-2013-1927, RH884705: fixed gifar vulnerabilit

- CVE-2012-3422, RH840592: Potential read from an uninitialized memory location

- CVE-2012-3423, RH841345: Incorrect handling of not 0-terminated strings

- NetX

- PR1027: DownloadService is not supported by IcedTea-Web

- PR725: JNLP applications will prompt for creating desktop shortcuts every time they are run

- PR1292: Javaws does not resolve versioned jar names with periods correctly

- Plugin

- PR1106: Buffer overflow in plugin table-

- PR1166: Embedded JNLP File is not supported in applet tag

- PR1217: Add command line arguments for plugins

- PR1189: Icedtea-plugin requires code attribute when using jnlp_href

- PR1198: JSObject is not passed to JavaScript correctly

- PR1260: IcedTea-Web should not rely on GTK

- PR1157: Applets can hang browser after fatal exception

- PR580: http://www.horaoficial.cl/ loads improperly

- Common

- PR1049: Extension jnlp's signed jar with the content of only META-INF/* is considered

- PR955: regression: SweetHome3D fails to run

- PR1145: IcedTea-Web can cause ClassCircularityError

- PR1161: X509VariableTrustManager does not work correctly with OpenJDK7

- PR822: Applets fail to load if jars have different signers

- PR1186:
System.getProperty('deployment.user.security.trusted.cac erts') is null

- PR909: The Java applet at http://de.gosupermodel.com/games/wardrobegame.jsp fails

- PR1299: WebStart doesn't read socket proxy settings from firefox correctly

Solution

Update the affected icedtea-web packages.

See Also

http://de.gosupermodel.com/games/wardrobegame.jsp

http://www.horaoficial.cl/

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818768

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.html

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75010

File Name: openSUSE-2013-439.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:icedtea-web, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:icedtea-web-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:icedtea-web-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:icedtea-web-javadoc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3422, CVE-2012-3423, CVE-2013-1926, CVE-2013-1927