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RHEL 6 : icedtea-web (RHSA-2012:1434)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 62857
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for icedtea-web.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1434 advisory.- icedtea-web: IcedTeaScriptableJavaObject::invoke off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2012-4540)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL icedtea-web package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1434.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?cdb8caac
http://www.nessus.org/u?f6000dcd
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1434
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 62857
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1434.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/8/2012
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Critical
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4540
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icedtea-web, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icedtea-web-javadoc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4540