icedtea-web: insecure temporary file use flaw in LiveConnect implementation

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...

MGASA-2014-0049 Updated icedtea-web packages fix CVE-2013-6493

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...