CVE-2013-6493

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-02-05
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
1010958: CVE-2013-6493 icedtea-web: insecure temporary file use flaw in LiveConnect implementation

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2013-6493 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.4
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (icedtea-web) RHBA-2014:1417 2014-10-13

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 icedtea-web Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Michael Scherer of the Red Hat Regional IT team.

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