Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-2131-1 Moderate: IcedTea Web Information Exposure

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March 6, 2014

IcedTea Web could be made to expose or alter sensitive information.

Summary

IcedTea Web could be made to expose or alter sensitive information.

Software Description:

- icedtea-web: A web browser plugin to execute Java applets

Details:

Michael Scherer discovered that IcedTea Web created temporary directories

in an unsafe fashion. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to

obtain or modify sensitive information from other local user sessions.

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update Ubuntu local attack information exposure IcedTea Web

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.