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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : icedtea-web vulnerability (USN-1625-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62860

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Arthur Gerkis discovered a buffer overflow in the Icedtea-Web plugin.
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.

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Solution

Update the affected icedtea-6-plugin and / or icedtea-7-plugin packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1625-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62860

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1625-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/8/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-6-plugin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-7-plugin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

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

BID: 56434

USN: 1625-1