Input validation error in icedtea-web - CVE-2013-1926

 

Input validation error in icedtea-web - CVE-2013-1926

Published: April 30, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33903
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1926
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The IcedTea-Web plugin before 1.2.3 and 1.3.x before 1.3.2 uses the same class loader for applets with the same codebase path but from different domains, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or possibly alter other applets via a crafted applet. Per http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1804-1/ "A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS" Per http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00106.html "Affected Products: openSUSE 12.2"


Affected software

icedtea-web
icedtea-web (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2013-1926

Install update from vendor's website.

icedtea-web (Alpine package) - update to 1.3.2-r0

External References

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