MGASA-2014-0049

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    MGASA-2014-0049

    Published: 10 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-6493

    Summary: Updated icedtea-web packages fix CVE-2013-6493

    Details: Updated icedtea-web packages fix security vulnerability: LiveConnect provides a gateway between the JavaScript engine in the web browser and Java applets. An insecure temporary file use flaw was found in the LiveConnect implementation in the IcedTea-Web browser plug-in. A malicious, local user could possibly use this flaw to inject or read the communication between a Java applet and web browser of a different user's session (CVE-2013-6493).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0049.html, http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-February/026192.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127944.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12654

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: icedtea-web

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/icedtea-web?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.2-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High