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.
{ "binaries": [ { "binary_version": "1.6.2-3ubuntu1", "binary_name": "icedtea-8-plugin" }, { "binary_version": "1.6.2-3ubuntu1", "binary_name": "icedtea-netx" }, { "binary_version": "1.6.2-3ubuntu1", "binary_name": "icedtea-netx-common" }, { "binary_version": "1.6.2-3ubuntu1", "binary_name": "icedtea-plugin" } ] }
{ "binaries": [ { "binary_version": "1.8-0ubuntu8~18.04", "binary_name": "icedtea-8-plugin" }, { "binary_version": "1.8-0ubuntu8~18.04", "binary_name": "icedtea-netx" }, { "binary_version": "1.8-0ubuntu8~18.04", "binary_name": "icedtea-netx-common" }, { "binary_version": "1.8-0ubuntu8~18.04", "binary_name": "icedtea-plugin" } ] }