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RHEL 6 : icedtea-web (RHSA-2011:1441)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56745

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated icedtea-web packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The IcedTea-Web project provides a Java web browser plug-in and an implementation of Java Web Start, which is based on the Netx project.
It also contains a configuration tool for managing deployment settings for the plug-in and Web Start implementations.

A flaw was found in the same-origin policy implementation in the IcedTea-Web browser plug-in. A malicious Java applet could use this flaw to open network connections to hosts other than the originating host, violating the same-origin policy. (CVE-2011-3377)

All IcedTea-Web users should upgrade to these updated packages, which upgrade IcedTea-Web to version 1.0.6 to correct this issue. Web browsers using the IcedTea-Web browser plug-in must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected icedtea-web, icedtea-web-debuginfo and / or icedtea-web-javadoc packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3377

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1441

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56745

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1441.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icedtea-web, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icedtea-web-debuginfo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icedtea-web-javadoc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3377

RHSA: 2011:1441