CVE-2013-6493

Publication date 3 March 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
icedtea-web	13.10 saucy	Fixed 1.4-3ubuntu2.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1.3.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.4
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
icedtea-web	Upstream: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/228e3652214a Upstream: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/1e0507976663 Upstream: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.4/rev/35f4d27451fd Upstream: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.4/rev/1ae3613c82f2

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2131-1
IcedTea Web vulnerability
6 March 2014

CVE-2013-6493

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Patch details

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Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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