Red Hat IcedTea-Web up to 1.3.2 LiveConnect information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Red Hat IcedTea-Web. This affects an unknown function of the component LiveConnect. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-6493. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat IcedTea-Web and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component LiveConnect. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The 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.

The weakness was shared 03/03/2014 by Michael Scherer with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is available at icedtea.classpath.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-6493 since 11/04/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72875 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : icedtea-web vulnerability (USN-2131-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166819 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for icedtea-web (SUSE-SU-2014:0397-1)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91319), Tenable (72875), SecurityFocus (BID 65437†), Secunia (SA57036†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43772†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 72875
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : icedtea-web vulnerability (USN-2131-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 841735
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for icedtea-web USN-2131-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IcedTea-Web 1.1.1

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02/05/2014 +93 days 🔍
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03/03/2014 +26 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +362 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: USN-2131-1
Researcher: Michael Scherer
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-6493 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-6493
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66514

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X-Force: 91319
SecurityFocus: 65437 - IcedTea-Web LiveConnect Implementation Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 57036
Vulnerability Center: 43772 - IcedTea-Web before 1.4.2 Local Symlink Attack in LiveConnect, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 12/23/2024 09:25
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (67), 05/24/2017 10:39 (7), 02/03/2022 09:14 (3), 02/03/2022 09:15 (1), 12/23/2024 09:25 (20)
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