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   openSUSE Security Update: Package icedtea-web was updated to version 1.4.
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2013:0893-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #818768 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-3422 CVE-2012-3423 CVE-2013-1926
                    CVE-2013-1927
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 12.3
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   An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   Changes in icedtea-web with update to 1.4 (bnc#818768):
   * Added cs, de, pl localization
   * Splash screen for javaws and plugin
   * Better error reporting for plugin via Error-splash-screen
   * All IcedTea-Web dialogues are centered to middle of
   active screen
   * Download indicator made compact for more then one jar
   * User can select its own JVM via itw-settings and
   deploy.properties.
   * Added extended applets security settings and dialogue
   * Security updates
   - CVE-2013-1926, RH916774: Class-loader incorrectly
   shared for applets with same relative-path.
   - CVE-2013-1927, RH884705: fixed gifar vulnerabilit
   - CVE-2012-3422, RH840592: Potential read from an
   uninitialized memory location
   - CVE-2012-3423, RH841345: Incorrect handling of not
   0-terminated strings
   * NetX
   - PR1027: DownloadService is not supported by IcedTea-Web
   - PR725: JNLP applications will prompt for creating
   desktop shortcuts every time they are run
   - PR1292: Javaws does not resolve versioned jar names
   with periods correctly
   * Plugin
   - PR1106: Buffer overflow in plugin table-
   - PR1166: Embedded JNLP File is not supported in applet
   tag
   - PR1217: Add command line arguments for plugins
   - PR1189: Icedtea-plugin requires code attribute when
   using jnlp_href
   - PR1198: JSObject is not passed to javascript correctly
   - PR1260: IcedTea-Web should not rely on GTK
   - PR1157: Applets can hang browser after fatal exception
   - PR580: http://www.horaoficial.cl/ loads improperly
   * Common
   - PR1049: Extension jnlp's signed jar with the content of
   only META-INF/* is considered
   - PR955: regression: SweetHome3D fails to run
   - PR1145: IcedTea-Web can cause ClassCircularityError
   - PR1161: X509VariableTrustManager does not work
   correctly with OpenJDK7
   - PR822: Applets fail to load if jars have different
   signers
   - PR1186:
   System.getProperty("deployment.user.security.trusted.cacerts
   ") is null
   - PR909: The Java applet at
   http://de.gosupermodel.com/games/wardrobegame.jsp fails
   - PR1299: WebStart doesn't read socket proxy settings
   from firefox correctly


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 12.3:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-439

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64):

      icedtea-web-1.4-4.14.1
      icedtea-web-debuginfo-1.4-4.14.1
      icedtea-web-debugsource-1.4-4.14.1

   - openSUSE 12.3 (noarch):

      icedtea-web-javadoc-1.4-4.14.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3422.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3423.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1926.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1927.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818768