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CentOS 6 : icedtea-web (CESA-2012:1434)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62871

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS 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 critical 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 buffer overflow flaw was found in the IcedTea-Web plug-in. Visiting a malicious web page could cause a web browser using the IcedTea-Web plug-in to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-4540)

Red Hat would like to thank Arthur Gerkis for reporting this issue.

This erratum also upgrades IcedTea-Web to version 1.2.2. Refer to the NEWS file, linked to in the References, for further information.

All IcedTea-Web users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve 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 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d52b1775

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62871

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-1434.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2012

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4540

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:icedtea-web-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:icedtea-web, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4540

BID: 56434

RHSA: 2012:1434