Synopsis:    Moderate: icedtea-web security update
Issue Date:  2011-07-27
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-2513
              CVE-2011-2514


The IcedTea-Web project provides a Java web browser plug-in and an
implementation of Java Web Start, which is based on the Netx project. It
also contains a configuration tool for managing deployment settings for 
the plug-in and Web Start implementations.

A flaw was discovered in the JNLP (Java Network Launching Protocol)
implementation in IcedTea-Web. An unsigned Java Web Start application
could use this flaw to manipulate the content of a Security Warning
dialog box, to trick a user into granting the application unintended 
access permissions to local files. (CVE-2011-2514)

An information disclosure flaw was discovered in the JNLP implementation 
in IcedTea-Web. An unsigned Java Web Start application or Java applet 
could use this flaw to determine the path to the cache directory used to 
store downloaded Java class and archive files, and therefore determine 
the user's login name. (CVE-2011-2513)

All icedtea-web users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.

SL6:
   i386
      icedtea-web-1.0.4-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
      icedtea-web-javadoc-1.0.4-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
   x86_64
      icedtea-web-1.0.4-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
      icedtea-web-javadoc-1.0.4-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team