Key:
SX - http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=X
PRX - http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=X
RHX - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=X
DX - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=X
GX - http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=X
CVE-XXXX-YYYY: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=XXXX-YYYY
New in release 1.6.2 (2016-02-03):
* all connection restrictions now consider also port
* PR2779: html-gen.sh: Don't try to call hg if .hg directory isn't present
* PR2591 - IcedTea-Web request resources twice for meta informations and causes ClientAbortException on tomcat in conjunction with JnlpDownloadServlet
* PR2690 - Can't run BOM into JNLP file
* PR2669 - remove bash-specific syntax from top level Makefile.am
* PR2489 - various NPEs when codebase is null
* NetX
- main-class attribute trimmed by default
- in strict mode, main-class attribute checked for invalid characters
* Plugin
- RH1273691 - Escaped equals signs in deployment.properties not un-escaped when used
- PR2746 - IcedTea-Web Plugin 1.6.1: net.sourceforge.jnlp.LaunchException
- PR2714 - IcedTea-Web plugin sends uninitialized memory garbage across a pipe when NPN_GetValueForURL call fails
New in release 1.6.1 (2015-09-11):
* Enabled Entry-Point attribute check
* permissions sandbox and signed app and unsigned app with permissions all-permissions now run in sandbox instead of not at all.
* fixed DownloadService
* comments in deployment.properties now should persists load/save
* fixed bug in caching of files with query
* fixed issues with recreating of existing shortcut
* trustAll/trustNone now processed correctly
* headless no longer shows dialogues
* RH1231441 Unable to read the text of the buttons of the security dialogue
* Fixed RH1233697 icedtea-web: applet origin spoofing
* Fixed RH1233667 icedtea-web: unexpected permanent authorization of unsigned applets
* fixed fatal impact of initialization error of FileLog
* MissingALACAdialog made available also for unsigned applications (but ignoring actual manifest value) and fixed
* NetX
- fixed issues with -html shortcuts
- fixed issue with -html receiving garbage in width and height
* PolicyEditor
- file flag made to work when used standalone
- file flag and main argument cannot be used in combination
New in release 1.6 (2015-04-29):
* Massively improved offline abilities. Added Xoffline switch to force work without inet connection.
* Improved to be able to run with any JDK
* JDK 6 and older no longer supported
* JDK 8 support added (URLPermission granted if applicable)
* JDK 9 supported
* Added support for Entry-Point manifest attribute
* Added KEY_ENABLE_MANIFEST_ATTRIBUTES_CHECK deployment property to control scan of Manifest file
* starting arguments now accept also -- abbreviations
* Added new documentation
* Added support for menu shortcuts - both javaws applications/applets and html applets are supported
* added support for -html switch for javaws. Now you can run most of the applets without browser at all
* Control Panel
- PR1856: ControlPanel UI improvement for lower resolutions (800*600)
* NetX
- PR1858: Java Console accepts multi-byte encodings
- PR1859: Java Console UI improvement for lower resolutions (800*600)
- RH1091563: [abrt] icedtea-web-1.5-2.fc20: Uncaught exception java.lang.ClassCastException in method sun.applet.PluginAppletViewer$8.run()
- Dropped support for long unmaintained -basedir argument
- Returned support for -jnlp argument
- RH1095311, PR574 - References class sun.misc.Ref removed in OpenJDK 9 - fixed, and so buildable on JDK9
* Plugin
- PR1743 - Intermittant deadlock in PluginRequestProcessor
- PR1298 - LiveConnect - problem setting array elements (applet variables) from JS
- RH1121549: coverity defects
- Resolves method overloading correctly with superclass heirarchy distance
* PolicyEditor
- codebases can be renamed in-place, copied, and pasted
- codebase URLs can be copied to system clipboard
- displays a progress dialog while opening or saving files
- codebases without permissions assigned save to file anyway (and re-appear on next open)
- PR1776: NullPointer on save-and-exit
- PR1850: duplicate codebases when launching from security dialogs
- Fixed bug where clicking "Cancel" on the "Save before Exiting" dialog could result in the editor
exiting without saving changes
- Keyboard accelerators and mnemonics greatly improved
- "File - New" allows editing a new policy without first selecting the file to save to
* Common
- PR1769: support signed applets which specify Sandbox permissions in their manifests
* Temporary Permissions in security dialog now multi-selectable and based on PolicyEditor permissions
New in release 1.5 (2014-XX-XX):
* IcedTea-Web now using tagsoup as default (tagsoup dependence) sanitizer for input
* JDK older then 1.5 no longer supported
* IcedTea-Web is now following XDG .config and .cache specification(RH947647)
* A console for debugging plugin and javaws
* Dialogs center on screen before becoming visible
* Support for u45 and u51 new manifest attributes (Application-Name, Codebase, Permissions, Trusted-only)
* Custom applet permission policies panel in itweb-settings control panel
* javaws -version flag
* New PolicyEditor for easily adding/removing permissions to individual applets
* Cache Viewer
- Can be closed by ESC key
- Enabling and disabling of operational buttons is handled properly
- Time consuming operations are indicated by a mouse busy cursor
- "Size" and "Last Modified" columns display localized data
* NetX
- PR1465 - java.io.FileNotFoundException while trying to download a JAR file
- Netx can now parse malformed jnlp files using tagsoup
- PR1026 - Apps fail to run because of the nanoxml parser's strict XML validation
- PR1473 - javaws should not depend on name of local file
- Redesigned About dialogue layout and contents
- Console made aware of plugin messages
- PR1856: ControlPanel UI improvement for lower resolutions (800*600)
- PR1858: Java Console accepts multi-byte encodings
- PR1859: Java Console UI improvement for lower resolutions (800*600)
* Plugin
- PR854: Resizing an applet several times causes 100% CPU load
- PR1271: icedtea-web does not handle 'javascript:'-protocol URLs
- RH976833: Multiple applets on one page cause deadlock
- Pipes moved into XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
- Added debug to file
- RH1010958: insecure temporary file use flaw in LiveConnect implementation
- Resolves method overloading correctly with superclass heirarchy distance
* Common
- PR1474: Can't get javaws to use SOCKS proxy
- Man page for itweb-settings
* Security Updates
- CVE-2012-4540, RH869040: Heap-based buffer overflow after triggering event attached to applet
New in release 1.4 (2013-XX-XX):
* Added cs localization
* Added de localization
* Added pl localization
* Splash screen for javaws and plugin
* Better error reporting for plugin via Error-splash-screen
* All IcedTea-Web dialogues are centered to middle of active screen
* Download indicator made compact for more then one jar
* User can select its own JVM via itw-settings and deploy.properties.
* Added extended applets security settings and dialogue
* Security updates
- CVE-2013-1926, RH916774: Class-loader incorrectly shared for applets with same relative-path.
- CVE-2013-1927, RH884705: fixed gifar vulnerabilit
- CVE-2012-3422, RH840592: Potential read from an uninitialized memory location
- CVE-2012-3423, RH841345: Incorrect handling of not 0-terminated strings
* NetX
- PR1027: DownloadService is not supported by IcedTea-Web
- PR725: JNLP applications will prompt for creating desktop shortcuts every time they are run
- PR1292: Javaws does not resolve versioned jar names with periods correctly
* Plugin
- PR1106: Buffer overflow in plugin table-
- PR1166: Embedded JNLP File is not supported in applet tag
- PR1217: Add command line arguments for plugins
- PR1189: Icedtea-plugin requires code attribute when using jnlp_href
- PR1198: JSObject is not passed to javascript correctly
- PR1260: IcedTea-Web should not rely on GTK
- PR1157: Applets can hang browser after fatal exception
- PR580: http://www.horaoficial.cl/ loads improperly
* Common
- PR1049: Extension jnlp's signed jar with the content of only META-INF/* is considered
- PR955: regression: SweetHome3D fails to run
- PR1145: IcedTea-Web can cause ClassCircularityError
- PR1161: X509VariableTrustManager does not work correctly with OpenJDK7
- PR822: Applets fail to load if jars have different signers
- PR1186: System.getProperty("deployment.user.security.trusted.cacerts") is null
- PR909: The Java applet at http://de.gosupermodel.com/games/wardrobegame.jsp fails
- PR1299: WebStart doesn't read socket proxy settings from firefox correctly
New in release 1.3 (2012-XX-XX):
* NetX
- PR898: signed applications with big jnlp-file doesn't start (webstart affect like "frozen")
- PR811: javaws is not handling urls with spaces (and other characters needing encoding) correctly
* Plugin
- PR820: IcedTea-Web 1.1.3 crashing Firefox when loading Citrix XenApp
- PR863: Error passing strings to applet methods in Chromium
- PR895: IcedTea-Web searches for missing classes on each loadClass or findClass
- PR861: Allow loading from non codebase hosts. Allow code to connect to hosting server
- PR518: NPString.utf8characters not guaranteed to be nul-terminated
- PR722: META-INF/ unsigned entries should be ignored in signing
- PR855: AppletStub getDocumentBase() doesn't return full URL
- PR1011: Folders treated as jar files in archive tag
- PR588: Cookies not written from cookie jar to browser cookies
- PR920: Classes attempted to load twice when class extends from outside jar
* Common
- PR918: java applet windows uses a low resulution black/white icon
- RH838417: Disambiguate signed applet security prompt from certificate warning
- RH838559: Disambiguate signed applet security prompt from certificate warning
- RH720836: project can be compiled against GTK+ 2 or 3 librarie
New in release 1.2 (2011-XX-XX):
* Security updates:
- RH718164, CVE-2011-2513: Home directory path disclosure to untrusted applications
- RH718170, CVE-2011-2514: Java Web Start security warning dialog manipulation
- RH742515, CVE-2011-3377: IcedTea-Web: second-level domain subdomains and suffix domain SOP bypass
* NetX
- PR618: Can't install OpenDJ, JavaWebStart fails with Input stream is null error
- PR765: JNLP file with all resource jars marked as 'lazy' fails to validate signature and stops the launch of application
- PR788: Elluminate Live! is not working
- PR804: javaws launcher incorrectly handles file names with spaces
* Plugin
- PR749: sun.applet.PluginStreamHandler#handleMessage(String) really slow
- PR782: Support building against npapi-sdk as well
- PR838: IcedTea plugin crashes with chrome browser when javascript is executed
- PR852: Classloader not being flushed after last applet from a site is closed
- RH586194: Unable to connect to connect with Juniper VPN client
- RH718693: MindTerm SSH Applet doesn't work
Common
- PR768: Signed applets/Web Start apps don't work with OpenJDK7 and up
- PR771: IcedTea-Web certificate verification code does not use the right API
- PR742: IcedTea-Web checks certs only upto 1 level deep before declaring them untrusted.
- PR769: IcedTea-Web does not work with some ssl sites with OpenJDK7
- PR778: Jar download and server certificate verification deadlock
- PR789: typo in jrunscript.sh
- PR794: IcedTea-Web does not work if a Web Start app jar has a Class-Path element in the manifest
- PR808: javaws is unable to start, when missing jars are enumerated before main jar
- RH734081: Javaws cannot use proxy settings from Firefox
- RH738814: Access denied at ssl handshake
- Support for authenticating using client certificates
New in release 1.1 (2011-XX-XX):
* Security updates
- S6983554, CVE-2010-4450: Launcher incorrect processing of empty library path entries
- RH677332, CVE-2011-0706: IcedTea multiple signers privilege escalation
* New Features
- IcedTea-Web now installs to a FHS-compliant location
- IcedTea-Web can now handle Proxy Auto Config files
- Binary launchers replaced with simple shell scripts
- Can now use codebase_lookup=false with applets.
* Common Fixes and Improvements
- PR497: Mercurial revision detection not very reliable
- PR638: JNLPClassLoader.loadClass(String name) can return null
- RH677772: NoSuchAlgorithmException using SSL/TLS in javaws
- PR724: Possible NullPointerException in JNLPClassLoader.getClassPathsFromManifest
* NetX
- Use Firefox's proxy settings if possible
- The user's default browser (determined from xdg-open or $BROWSER) is used
- RH669942: javaws fails to download version/packed files (missing support for jnlp.packEnabled and jnlp.versionEnabled)
- PR464: plugin can now load parameters from jnlp files.
- PR658: now jnlp.packEnabled works with applets.
- PR726: closing javaws -about no longer throws exceptions.
- PR727: cache now properly removes files.
* Plugin
- PR475, RH604061: Allow applets from the same page to use the same classloader
- PR612: NetDania application ends on java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission browser read)
- PR664: Sound doesn't play on runescape.com.
- PR721: IcedTeaPlugin.so cannot run g_main_context_iteration on a different thread unless a different GMainContext *context is used
- PR735: Firefox 4 sometimes freezes if the applet calls showDocument()
New in release 1.0 (2010-XX-XX):
* Initial release of IcedTea-Web
* Security updates
- RH645843, CVE-2010-3860: IcedTea System property information leak via public static
- RH672262, CVE-2011-0025: IcedTea jarfile signature verification bypass
* Plugin
- PR542: Plugin fails with NPE on http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/iframe.php?visualID=2615
- PR552: Support for FreeBSD's pthread implementation
- PR554: System.err writes content two times
- PR556: Applet initialization code is prone to race conditions
- PR557: Applet opens in a separate window if tab is closed when the applet loads
- PR565: UIDefaults.getUI fails with jgoodies:looks 2.3.1
- PR593: Increment of invalidated iterator in IcedTeaPluginUtils (patch from barbara.xxx1975@libero.it)
- PR597: Entities are parsed incorrectly in PARAM tag in applet plugin
- PR619: Improper finalization by the plugin can crash the browser
- Applets are now double-buffered to eliminate flicker in ones that do heavy drawing
- RH665104: OpenJDK Firefox Java plugin loses a cookie
* NetX
- Add a new option -Xclearcache
- Interfaces javax.jnlp.IntegrationService and javax.jnlp.DownloadService2 are now available
- PR592: NetX can create invalid desktop entry files
- RH663680, CVE-2010-4351: IcedTea JNLP SecurityManager bypass
* Control Panel
- Modifications to deployments.properties file can now be done through a GUI