# CVE-2011-2514: The Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) implementation in IcedTea6 1.9.x before 1.9.9 and before 1.8.9, and IcedTea-Web 1.1.x before 1.1.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-05-14 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) implementation in IcedTea6 1.9.x before 1.9.9 and before 1.8.9, and IcedTea-Web 1.1.x before 1.1.1 and before 1.0.4, allows remote attackers to trick victims into granting access to local files by modifying the content of the Java Web Start Security Warning dialog box to represent a different filename than the file for which access will be granted.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2011-July/015171.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1178-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1100.html
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2011-July/015170.html
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.0/rev/b99f9a9769e0
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/rev/512de5d90388
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718170
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025854

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