CVE-2013-2449

Published: 18 June 2013

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to Libraries. NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to GnomeFileTypeDetector and a missing check for read permissions for a path.

Notes

in lucid+, NetX and the plugin moved to the icedtea-web package

sun-java6 is not redistributable, no longer in the archive and
no longer tracked
sun-java5 is EOL upstream and no longer tracked
as of 2013-06-19, upstream IcedTea updates are not available
updates break the icedtea-web plugin and it will need this fix:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-June/023745.html

Status

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2449
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html
• http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/06/19/imminent-icedtea-web-breakage/
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1907-1
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1908-1
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian