USN-2817-1

It was discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly handled applet URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject applets into the .appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval. (CVE-2015-5234)

Andrea Palazzo discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly determined the origin of unsigned applets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass user approval, or to trick the user into approving applet execution. (CVE-2015-5235)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / icedtea-web

Package

Name: icedtea-web
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/icedtea-web@1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.4-3ubuntu2

1.4.1-1ubuntu1

1.4.2-1ubuntu2

1.5-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "icedtea-6-plugin",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icedtea-7-plugin",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icedtea-netx",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icedtea-netx-common",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icedtea-plugin",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-5234"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-5235"
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2817-1.json"