USN-2817-1: IcedTea Web vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 15.10
• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

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

Details

It was discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly handled applet URLs. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject applets into the
.appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval.
(CVE-2015-5234)

Andrea Palazzo discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly determined the
origin of unsigned applets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to bypass user approval, or to trick the user into approving applet
execution. (CVE-2015-5235)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10

• icedtea-7-plugin - 1.5.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 15.04

• icedtea-7-plugin - 1.5.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• icedtea-6-plugin - 1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
• icedtea-7-plugin - 1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your browser to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2015-5234
• CVE-2015-5235