RHBA-2015:2457Medium

Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: icedtea-web bug fix and enhancement update

Published
November 19, 2015
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2015-5234 →CVE-2015-5235 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-5234 — icedtea-web: unexpected permanent authorization of unsigned applets CVE-2015-5235 — icedtea-web: applet origin spoofing

🎯 Affected products20

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-0:1.6.1-4.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-0:1.6.1-4.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-0:1.6.1-4.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-0:1.6.1-4.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-0:1.6.1-4.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-0:1.6.1-4.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-0:1.6.1-4.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-4.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-4.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-4.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-4.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-javadoc-0:1.6.1-4.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-javadoc-0:1.6.1-4.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • icedtea-web-javadoc-0:1.6.1-4.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (3)