Description
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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | icedtea-web | 1.4.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | icedtea-web | 1.4.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | icedtea-web | 1.4.2-1 | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | icedtea-web +1 | 1.5.1-1.el6 | RHBA-2014:1417 |
Advisories 1
- RHBA-2014:1417 Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: icedtea-web bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
References
- [distro-pkg-dev] 20140305 IcedTea-Web 1.4.2 released! mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010958
- USN-2131-1 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20140207 IcedTea-Web insecure temporary directory use - CVE-2013-6493 mailing-list
- 57036 third-party-advisory
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/228e3652214a
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0310 vendor-advisory