SUSE Security Update: Security update for icedtea-web
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:1174-1
Rating:             important
References:         #815596 #818768 #825880 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-3422 CVE-2012-3423 CVE-2013-1926
                    CVE-2013-1927
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.
   It includes one version update.

Description:


   This update to IcedTea-Web 1.4 provides the following fixes
   and  enhancements:

   *

   Security updates

   o CVE-2013-1926, RH916774: Class-loader
   incorrectly shared for applets with same relative-path o
   CVE-2013-1927, RH884705: fixed gifar vulnerabilit o
   CVE-2012-3422, RH840592: Potential read from an
   uninitialized memory location o CVE-2012-3423, RH841345:
   Incorrect handling of not 0-terminated strings o
   CVE-2013-1927, RH884705: fixed gifar vulnerability o
   CVE-2013-1926, RH916774: Class-loader incorrectly shared
   for applets with same relative-path.
   *

   NetX

   o PR1027: DownloadService is not supported by
   IcedTea-Web o PR725: JNLP applications will prompt for
   creating desktop shortcuts every time they are run o
   PR1292: Javaws does not resolve versioned jar names with
   periods correctly o PR580:  loads
   improperly.
   *

   Plugin

   o PR1106: Buffer overflow in plugin table- o
   PR1166: Embedded JNLP File is not supported in applet tag o
   PR1217: Add command line arguments for plugins o PR1189:
   Icedtea-plugin requires code attribute when using jnlp_href
   o PR1198: JSObject is not passed to javascript correctly o
   PR1260: IcedTea-Web should not rely on GTK o PR1157:
   Applets can hang browser after fatal exception o PR580:
    loads improperly o PR1260:
   IcedTea-Web should not rely on GTK o PR1157: Applets can
   hang browser after fatal exception.
   *

   Common

   o PR1049: Extension jnlp's signed jar with the
   content of only META-INF/* is considered o PR955:
   regression: SweetHome3D fails to run o PR1145: IcedTea-Web
   can cause ClassCircularityError o PR1161:
   X509VariableTrustManager does not work correctly with
   OpenJDK7 o PR822: Applets fail to load if jars have
   different signers o PR1186:
   System.getProperty("deployment.user.security.trusted.cacerts
   ") is null o PR909: The Java applet at
    fails o
   PR1299: WebStart doesn't read socket proxy settings from
   firefox correctly.
   *

   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
   * Added new option in itw-settings which allows users   to set JVM arguments when plugin is initialized
   * Fixed a build failure with older xulrunner
   * Changed strict openjdk6 dependencies to anything
   java-openjdk >= 1.6.0.

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2013-1926
   
   * CVE-2013-1927
   
   * CVE-2012-3422
   
   * CVE-2012-3423
   
   * CVE-2013-1927
   
   * CVE-2013-1926
   


Patch Instructions:

   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 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-icedtea-web-7981

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.4]:

      icedtea-web-1.4-0.10.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3422.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3423.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1926.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1927.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/815596
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818768
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/825880
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login