Insecure Temporary File Affecting icedtea-web package, versions <0:1.5.1-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-ICEDTEAWEB-1417842
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Feb 2014

Introduced: 5 Feb 2014

CVE-2013-6493  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-377  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 icedtea-web to version 0:1.5.1-1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2014:1417.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream icedtea-web package and not the icedtea-web package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1