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RHEL 6 : icedtea-web (RHSA-2011:1100)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55710

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated icedtea-web packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links 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.

A flaw was discovered in the JNLP (Java Network Launching Protocol) implementation in IcedTea-Web. An unsigned Java Web Start application could use this flaw to manipulate the content of a Security Warning dialog box, to trick a user into granting the application unintended access permissions to local files. (CVE-2011-2514)

An information disclosure flaw was discovered in the JNLP implementation in IcedTea-Web. An unsigned Java Web Start application or Java applet could use this flaw to determine the path to the cache directory used to store downloaded Java class and archive files, and therefore determine the user's login name. (CVE-2011-2513)

All icedtea-web users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected icedtea-web, icedtea-web-debuginfo and / or icedtea-web-javadoc packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2513

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2514

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1100

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55710

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1100.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/28/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icedtea-web, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icedtea-web-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icedtea-web-javadoc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2513, CVE-2011-2514

BID: 48829

RHSA: 2011:1100