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CVE-2015-5235

Published: 9 October 2015

IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly determine the origin of unsigned applets, which allows remote attackers to bypass the approval process or trick users into approving applet execution via a crafted web page.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
extended applets security was introduced in icedtea-web 1.4

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
icedtea-web
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty
Released (1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
upstream
Released (1.5.3)
vivid
Released (1.5.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1)
wily
Released (1.5.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1)
Patches:
upstream: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/531034ce3e30
upstream: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/ee5e2cb91774