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SUSE SLED11 Security Update : icedtea-web (SUSE-SU-2015:1689-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86309

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch sledsp4-icedtea-web-12116=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-icedtea-web-12116=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=944208

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=944209

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5234/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5235/

http://www.nessus.org/u?f41ac4f4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86309

File Name: suse_SU-2015-1689-1.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/7/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:icedtea-web

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: 9/16/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5234, CVE-2015-5235