Security update for icedtea-web

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1682-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

The Java IcedTea-Web Plugin was updated to 1.6.1 bringing various features, bug- and securityfixes.

  • Enabled Entry-Point attribute check
  • permissions sandbox and signed app and unsigned app with permissions all-permissions now run in sandbox instead of not t all.
  • fixed DownloadService
  • comments in deployment.properties now should persists load/save
  • fixed bug in caching of files with query
  • fixed issues with recreating of existing shortcut
  • trustAll/trustNone now processed correctly
  • headless no longer shows dialogues
  • RH1231441 Unable to read the text of the buttons of the security dialogue
  • Fixed RH1233697 icedtea-web: applet origin spoofing (CVE-2015-5235, bsc#944208)
  • Fixed RH1233667 icedtea-web: unexpected permanent authorization of unsigned applets (CVE-2015-5234, bsc#944209)
  • MissingALACAdialog made available also for unsigned applications (but ignoring actual manifest value) and fixed
  • NetX
  • fixed issues with -html shortcuts
  • fixed issue with -html receiving garbage in width and height
  • PolicyEditor
  • file flag made to work when used standalone
  • file flag and main argument cannot be used in combination

The update to 1.6 is included and brings:

  • Massively improved offline abilities. Added Xoffline switch to force work without inet connection.
  • Improved to be able to run with any JDK
  • JDK 6 and older no longer supported
  • JDK 8 support added (URLPermission granted if applicable)
  • JDK 9 supported
  • Added support for Entry-Point manifest attribute
  • Added KEY_ENABLE_MANIFEST_ATTRIBUTES_CHECK deployment property to control scan of Manifest file
  • starting arguments now accept also -- abbreviations
  • Added new documentation
  • Added support for menu shortcuts - both javaws applications/applets and html applets are supported
  • added support for -html switch for javaws. Now you can run most of the applets without browser at all
  • Control Panel
  • PR1856: ControlPanel UI improvement for lower resolutions (800*600)
  • NetX
  • PR1858: Java Console accepts multi-byte encodings
  • PR1859: Java Console UI improvement for lower resolutions (800*600)
  • RH1091563: [abrt] icedtea-web-1.5-2.fc20: Uncaught exception java.lang.ClassCastException in method sun.applet.PluginAppletViewer$8.run()
  • Dropped support for long unmaintained -basedir argument
  • Returned support for -jnlp argument
  • RH1095311, PR574 - References class sun.misc.Ref removed in OpenJDK 9 - fixed, and so buildable on JDK9
  • Plugin
  • PR1743 - Intermittant deadlock in PluginRequestProcessor
  • PR1298 - LiveConnect - problem setting array elements (applet variables) from JS
  • RH1121549: coverity defects
  • Resolves method overloading correctly with superclass heirarchy distance
  • PolicyEditor
  • codebases can be renamed in-place, copied, and pasted
  • codebase URLs can be copied to system clipboard
  • displays a progress dialog while opening or saving files
  • codebases without permissions assigned save to file anyway (and re-appear on next open)
  • PR1776: NullPointer on save-and-exit
  • PR1850: duplicate codebases when launching from security dialogs
  • Fixed bug where clicking "Cancel" on the "Save before Exiting" dialog could result in the editor exiting without saving changes
  • Keyboard accelerators and mnemonics greatly improved
  • "File - New" allows editing a new policy without first selecting the file to save to
  • Common
  • PR1769: support signed applets which specify Sandbox permissions in their manifests
  • Temporary Permissions in security dialog now multi-selectable and based on PolicyEditor permissions

The update to 1.5.2 brings OpenJDK 8 support (fate#318956) * NetX - RH1095311, PR574 - References class sun.misc.Ref removed in OpenJDK 9 - fixed, and so buildable on JDK9 - RH1154177 - decoded file needed from cache - fixed NPE in https dialog - empty codebase behaves as "."

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-642=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-2015-642=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.1-2.3.1
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin-debuginfo-1.6.1-2.3.1
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin-debugsource-1.6.1-2.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 (x86_64)
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.1-2.3.1
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin-debuginfo-1.6.1-2.3.1
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin-debugsource-1.6.1-2.3.1

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