SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : icedtea-web (SAT Patch Numbers 8357 / 8358)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70289

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

This icedtea-web update adds a missing fix for an off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow.

- icedtea-web 1.4.1 fixes the missing patch for CVE-2012-4540. (bnc#840572: CVE-2013-4349)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8357 / 8358 as appropriate.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840572

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4540.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4349.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70289

File Name: suse_11_icedtea-web-130924.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/3/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:icedtea-web

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4540