It was found that icedtea-web though 1.7.2 and 1.8.2 did not properly sanitize paths from <jar/> elements in JNLP files. An attacker could trick a victim into running a specially crafted application and use this flaw to upload arbitrary files to arbitrary locations in the context of the user.
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"binary_name": "icedtea-8-plugin"
},
{
"binary_version": "1.6.2-3ubuntu1",
"binary_name": "icedtea-netx"
},
{
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"binary_name": "icedtea-netx-common"
},
{
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"binary_name": "icedtea-plugin"
}
]
}{
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"binary_name": "icedtea-8-plugin"
},
{
"binary_version": "1.8-0ubuntu8~18.04",
"binary_name": "icedtea-netx"
},
{
"binary_version": "1.8-0ubuntu8~18.04",
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},
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"binary_version": "1.8-0ubuntu8~18.04",
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}
]
}