source: trunk/icedtea-web/NEWS@ 419

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Merge icedtea-web v1.3 to trunk.

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3SX - http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=X
4PRX - http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=X
5RHX - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=X
6DX - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=X
7GX - http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=X
8
9CVE-XXXX-YYYY: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=XXXX-YYYY
10
11New in release 1.3 (2012-09-04):
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* Plugin
19 - PR820: IcedTea-Web 1.1.3 crashing Firefox when loading Citrix XenApp
20 - PR863: Error passing strings to applet methods in Chromium
21 - PR895: IcedTea-Web searches for missing classes on each loadClass or findClass
22 - PR861: Allow loading from non codebase hosts. Allow code to connect to hosting server
23 - PR518: NPString.utf8characters not guaranteed to be nul-terminated
24 - PR722: META-INF/ unsigned entries should be ignored in signing
25 - PR855: AppletStub getDocumentBase() doesn't return full URL
26 - PR1011: Folders treated as jar files in archive tag
27 - PR1106: Buffer overflow in plugin table
28 - PR975: Plugin should not include classpaths specified in jar manifests when using jnlp_href
29 - PR588: Cookies not written from cookie jar to browser cookies
30* Common
31 - PR918: java applet windows uses a low resulution black/white icon
32 - RH838417: Disambiguate signed applet security prompt from certificate warning
33 - RH838559: Disambiguate signed applet security prompt from certificate warning
34 - RH720836: project can be compiled against GTK+ 2 or 3 librarie
35 - PR955: regression: SweetHome3D fails to run
36
37New in release 1.2 (2011-XX-XX):
38* Security updates:
39 - RH718164, CVE-2011-2513: Home directory path disclosure to untrusted applications
40 - RH718170, CVE-2011-2514: Java Web Start security warning dialog manipulation
41 - RH742515, CVE-2011-3377: IcedTea-Web: second-level domain subdomains and suffix domain SOP bypass
42* NetX
43 - PR618: Can't install OpenDJ, JavaWebStart fails with Input stream is null error
44 - PR765: JNLP file with all resource jars marked as 'lazy' fails to validate signature and stops the launch of application
45 - PR788: Elluminate Live! is not working
46 - PR804: javaws launcher incorrectly handles file names with spaces
47* Plugin
48 - PR749: sun.applet.PluginStreamHandler#handleMessage(String) really slow
49 - PR782: Support building against npapi-sdk as well
50 - PR838: IcedTea plugin crashes with chrome browser when javascript is executed
51 - PR852: Classloader not being flushed after last applet from a site is closed
52 - RH586194: Unable to connect to connect with Juniper VPN client
53 - RH718693: MindTerm SSH Applet doesn't work
54Common
55 - PR768: Signed applets/Web Start apps don't work with OpenJDK7 and up
56 - PR771: IcedTea-Web certificate verification code does not use the right API
57 - PR742: IcedTea-Web checks certs only upto 1 level deep before declaring them untrusted.
58 - PR769: IcedTea-Web does not work with some ssl sites with OpenJDK7
59 - PR778: Jar download and server certificate verification deadlock
60 - PR789: typo in jrunscript.sh
61 - PR794: IcedTea-Web does not work if a Web Start app jar has a Class-Path element in the manifest
62 - PR808: javaws is unable to start, when missing jars are enumerated before main jar
63 - RH734081: Javaws cannot use proxy settings from Firefox
64 - RH738814: Access denied at ssl handshake
65 - Support for authenticating using client certificates
66
67New in release 1.1 (2011-XX-XX):
68* Security updates
69 - S6983554, CVE-2010-4450: Launcher incorrect processing of empty library path entries
70 - RH677332, CVE-2011-0706: IcedTea multiple signers privilege escalation
71* New Features
72 - IcedTea-Web now installs to a FHS-compliant location
73 - IcedTea-Web can now handle Proxy Auto Config files
74 - Binary launchers replaced with simple shell scripts
75 - Can now use codebase_lookup=false with applets.
76* Common Fixes and Improvements
77 - PR497: Mercurial revision detection not very reliable
78 - PR638: JNLPClassLoader.loadClass(String name) can return null
79 - RH677772: NoSuchAlgorithmException using SSL/TLS in javaws
80 - PR724: Possible NullPointerException in JNLPClassLoader.getClassPathsFromManifest
81* NetX
82 - Use Firefox's proxy settings if possible
83 - The user's default browser (determined from xdg-open or $BROWSER) is used
84 - RH669942: javaws fails to download version/packed files (missing support for jnlp.packEnabled and jnlp.versionEnabled)
85 - PR464: plugin can now load parameters from jnlp files.
86 - PR658: now jnlp.packEnabled works with applets.
87 - PR726: closing javaws -about no longer throws exceptions.
88 - PR727: cache now properly removes files.
89* Plugin
90 - PR475, RH604061: Allow applets from the same page to use the same classloader
91 - PR612: NetDania application ends on java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission browser read)
92 - PR664: Sound doesn't play on runescape.com.
93 - PR721: IcedTeaPlugin.so cannot run g_main_context_iteration on a different thread unless a different GMainContext *context is used
94 - PR735: Firefox 4 sometimes freezes if the applet calls showDocument()
95
96New in release 1.0 (2010-XX-XX):
97
98* Initial release of IcedTea-Web
99* Security updates
100 - RH645843, CVE-2010-3860: IcedTea System property information leak via public static
101 - RH672262, CVE-2011-0025: IcedTea jarfile signature verification bypass
102* Plugin
103 - PR542: Plugin fails with NPE on http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/iframe.php?visualID=2615
104 - PR552: Support for FreeBSD's pthread implementation
105 - PR554: System.err writes content two times
106 - PR556: Applet initialization code is prone to race conditions
107 - PR557: Applet opens in a separate window if tab is closed when the applet loads
108 - PR565: UIDefaults.getUI fails with jgoodies:looks 2.3.1
109 - PR593: Increment of invalidated iterator in IcedTeaPluginUtils (patch from barbara.xxx1975@libero.it)
110 - PR597: Entities are parsed incorrectly in PARAM tag in applet plugin
111 - PR619: Improper finalization by the plugin can crash the browser
112 - Applets are now double-buffered to eliminate flicker in ones that do heavy drawing
113 - RH665104: OpenJDK Firefox Java plugin loses a cookie
114* NetX
115 - Add a new option -Xclearcache
116 - Interfaces javax.jnlp.IntegrationService and javax.jnlp.DownloadService2 are now available
117 - PR592: NetX can create invalid desktop entry files
118 - RH663680, CVE-2010-4351: IcedTea JNLP SecurityManager bypass
119* Control Panel
120 - Modifications to deployments.properties file can now be done through a GUI
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