Debian DSA-2768-1 : icedtea-web - heap-based buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70303

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in icedtea-web, a web browser plugin for running applets written in the Java programming language. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could cause the plugin to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program.

This problem was initially discovered by Arthur Gerkis and got assigned CVE-2012-4540. Fixes where applied in the 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 branches but not to the 1.4 branch.

Solution

Upgrade the icedtea-web packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-3~deb7u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70303

File Name: debian_DSA-2768.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/6/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:icedtea-web, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4540

BID: 62426

DSA: 2768

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