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Fedora 20 : icedtea-web-1.4.1-0.fc20 (2013-16971)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 70060
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Updated to icedtea-web 1.4.1 New in release 1.4.1 (2013-XX-YY) :- Improved and cleaned Temporary internet files panel
- PR1465 - java.io.FileNotFoundException while trying to download a JAR file
- PR1473 - javaws should not depend on name of local file
- PR854: Resizing an applet several times causes 100% CPU load
- CVE-2012-4540, RH869040: Heap-based buffer overflow after triggering event attached to applet
- reproducers tests are enabled in dist-tarball
- application context support for OpenJDK build 25 and higher
- small patches into rhino support and
- PR1533: Inherit jnlp.packEnabled and jnlp.versionEnabled like other properties
- add icedtea-web man page
- make check enabled again
- should be build for non-standart archs
- removed unused multilib arches
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected icedtea-web package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 70060
File Name: fedora_2013-16971.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 9/23/2013
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:icedtea-web, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4540
FEDORA: 2013-16971