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openSUSE Security Update : icedtea-web (openSUSE-SU-2013:1509-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75156

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This icedtea-web update fixes several security issues.

Changes in icedtea-web :

 - update to 1.4.1 (bnc#840572)

 - Improved and cleaned Temporary internet files panel

 - NetX

 - PR1465 - java.io.FileNotFoundException while trying to download a JAR file

 - PR1473 - javaws should not depend on name of local file

 - Plugin

 - PR854: Resizing an applet several times causes 100% CPU load

 - Security Updates

 - CVE-2013-4349, RH869040: Heap-based buffer overflow after triggering event attached to applet CVE-2012-4540 nit fixed in icedtea-web 1.4

 - Misc

- 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

 - need jpackage-utils on older distros

 - run more tests in %check

 - drop icedtea-web-AppContext.patch, already upstream

 - add javapackages-tools to build requires

Solution

Update the affected icedtea-web packages.

See Also

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

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00071.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75156

File Name: openSUSE-2013-733.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:icedtea-web-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:icedtea-web-javadoc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:icedtea-web-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:icedtea-web

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4540