Ubuntu 2131-1: IcedTea Web vulnerability
Summary
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: icedtea-6-plugin 1.4-3ubuntu2.1 icedtea-7-plugin 1.4-3ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 12.10: icedtea-6-plugin 1.3.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.3 icedtea-7-plugin 1.3.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.3 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: icedtea-6-plugin 1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.4 icedtea-7-plugin 1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.4 After a standard system update you need to restart your browser to make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2131-1
CVE-2013-6493
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icedtea-web/1.4-3ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icedtea-web/1.3.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icedtea-web/1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.4