release/icedtea-web-1.2
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Prepare for 1.2.1
| author | Deepak Bhole <dbhole@redhat.com> |
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| date | Tue Jul 24 14:01:31 2012 -0400 (2012-07-24) |
| parents | ec09874d2716 |
| children | f6d6d529d73c |
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1 Key:
3 SX - http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=X
4 PRX - http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=X
5 RHX - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=X
6 DX - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=X
7 GX - http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=X
9 CVE-XXXX-YYYY: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=XXXX-YYYY
11 New in release 1.2.1 (2012-07-31):
12 * Security Updates
13 - CVE-2012-3422, RH840592: Potential read from an uninitialized memory location
14 - CVE-2012-3423, RH841345: Incorrect handling of not 0-terminated strings
15 * NetX
16 - PR898: signed applications with big jnlp-file doesn't start (webstart affect like "frozen")
17 - PR811: javaws is not handling urls with spaces (and other characters needing encoding) correctly
18 - 816592: icedtea-web not loading GeoGebra java applets in Firefox or Chrome
19 * Plugin
20 - PR863: Error passing strings to applet methods in Chromium
21 - PR895: IcedTea-Web searches for missing classes on each loadClass or findClass
22 - PR518: NPString.utf8characters not guaranteed to be nul-terminated
23 * Common
24 - RH838417: Disambiguate signed applet security prompt from certificate warning
25 - RH838559: Disambiguate signed applet security prompt from certificate warning
27 New in release 1.2 (2012-03-05):
28 * Security updates:
29 - RH718164, CVE-2011-2513: Home directory path disclosure to untrusted applications
30 - RH718170, CVE-2011-2514: Java Web Start security warning dialog manipulation
31 - RH742515, CVE-2011-3377: IcedTea-Web: second-level domain subdomains and suffix domain SOP bypass
32 * NetX
33 - PR618: Can't install OpenDJ, JavaWebStart fails with Input stream is null error
34 - PR765: JNLP file with all resource jars marked as 'lazy' fails to validate signature and stops the launch of application
35 - PR788: Elluminate Live! is not working
36 - PR804: javaws launcher incorrectly handles file names with spaces
37 * Plugin
38 - PR749: sun.applet.PluginStreamHandler#handleMessage(String) really slow
39 - PR782: Support building against npapi-sdk as well
40 - PR820: IcedTea-Web 1.1.3 crashing Firefox when loading Citrix XenApp
41 - PR838: IcedTea plugin crashes with chrome browser when javascript is executed
42 - PR852: Classloader not being flushed after last applet from a site is closed
43 - RH586194: Unable to connect to connect with Juniper VPN client
44 - RH718693: MindTerm SSH Applet doesn't work
45 Common
46 - PR768: Signed applets/Web Start apps don't work with OpenJDK7 and up
47 - PR771: IcedTea-Web certificate verification code does not use the right API
48 - PR742: IcedTea-Web checks certs only upto 1 level deep before declaring them untrusted.
49 - PR769: IcedTea-Web does not work with some ssl sites with OpenJDK7
50 - PR778: Jar download and server certificate verification deadlock
51 - PR789: typo in jrunscript.sh
52 - PR794: IcedTea-Web does not work if a Web Start app jar has a Class-Path element in the manifest
53 - PR808: javaws is unable to start, when missing jars are enumerated before main jar
54 - RH734081: Javaws cannot use proxy settings from Firefox
55 - RH738814: Access denied at ssl handshake
56 - Support for authenticating using client certificates
58 New in release 1.1 (2011-XX-XX):
59 * Security updates
60 - S6983554, CVE-2010-4450: Launcher incorrect processing of empty library path entries
61 - RH677332, CVE-2011-0706: IcedTea multiple signers privilege escalation
62 * New Features
63 - IcedTea-Web now installs to a FHS-compliant location
64 - IcedTea-Web can now handle Proxy Auto Config files
65 - Binary launchers replaced with simple shell scripts
66 - Can now use codebase_lookup=false with applets.
67 * Common Fixes and Improvements
68 - PR497: Mercurial revision detection not very reliable
69 - PR638: JNLPClassLoader.loadClass(String name) can return null
70 - RH677772: NoSuchAlgorithmException using SSL/TLS in javaws
71 - PR724: Possible NullPointerException in JNLPClassLoader.getClassPathsFromManifest
72 * NetX
73 - Use Firefox's proxy settings if possible
74 - The user's default browser (determined from xdg-open or $BROWSER) is used
75 - RH669942: javaws fails to download version/packed files (missing support for jnlp.packEnabled and jnlp.versionEnabled)
76 - PR464: plugin can now load parameters from jnlp files.
77 - PR658: now jnlp.packEnabled works with applets.
78 - PR726: closing javaws -about no longer throws exceptions.
79 - PR727: cache now properly removes files.
80 * Plugin
81 - PR475, RH604061: Allow applets from the same page to use the same classloader
82 - PR612: NetDania application ends on java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission browser read)
83 - PR664: Sound doesn't play on runescape.com.
84 - PR721: IcedTeaPlugin.so cannot run g_main_context_iteration on a different thread unless a different GMainContext *context is used
85 - PR735: Firefox 4 sometimes freezes if the applet calls showDocument()
87 New in release 1.0 (2010-XX-XX):
89 * Initial release of IcedTea-Web
90 * Security updates
91 - RH645843, CVE-2010-3860: IcedTea System property information leak via public static
92 - RH672262, CVE-2011-0025: IcedTea jarfile signature verification bypass
93 * Plugin
94 - PR542: Plugin fails with NPE on http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/iframe.php?visualID=2615
95 - PR552: Support for FreeBSD's pthread implementation
96 - PR554: System.err writes content two times
97 - PR556: Applet initialization code is prone to race conditions
98 - PR557: Applet opens in a separate window if tab is closed when the applet loads
99 - PR565: UIDefaults.getUI fails with jgoodies:looks 2.3.1
100 - PR593: Increment of invalidated iterator in IcedTeaPluginUtils (patch from barbara.xxx1975@libero.it)
101 - PR597: Entities are parsed incorrectly in PARAM tag in applet plugin
102 - PR619: Improper finalization by the plugin can crash the browser
103 - Applets are now double-buffered to eliminate flicker in ones that do heavy drawing
104 - RH665104: OpenJDK Firefox Java plugin loses a cookie
105 * NetX
106 - Add a new option -Xclearcache
107 - Interfaces javax.jnlp.IntegrationService and javax.jnlp.DownloadService2 are now available
108 - PR592: NetX can create invalid desktop entry files
109 - RH663680, CVE-2010-4351: IcedTea JNLP SecurityManager bypass
110 * Control Panel
111 - Modifications to deployments.properties file can now be done through a GUI
