CVE-2013-6493

Summary

CVECVE-2013-6493
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-03 16:55:00 UTC
Updated2014-03-16 04:42:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.3 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.4 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.5 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.6 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.4 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.5 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.6 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.7 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.2.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.3.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.3 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.4 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.5 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.0.6 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.4 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.5 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.6 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.1.7 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.2.2 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web 1.3.1 All All All
Application Redhat Icedtea-web All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1010958 – (CVE-2013-6493) CVE-2013-6493 icedtea-web: insecure temporary file use flaw in LiveConnect implementation CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA57036 - SUSE update for icedtea-web - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IcedTea-Web 1.4.2 released! MLIST mail.openjdk.java.net
openSUSE-SU-2014:0310-1: moderate: icedtea-web: 1.4.2 bugfix update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2131-1: IcedTea Web vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
oss-sec: IcedTea-Web insecure temporary directory use - CVE-2013-6493 MLIST seclists.org
icedtea-web: 228e3652214a CONFIRM icedtea.classpath.org Exploit, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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