openSUSE Security Update : icedtea-web (openSUSE-SU-2011:0829-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75864

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of icedtea/icedtea-web fixes two issues :

- CVE-2011-2513: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3: An information leak allows unsigned Web Start applications to determine the path to the cache directory used to store downloaded class and jar files.

- CVE-2011-2514: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.1 An unsigned Web Start application could manipulate content of the security warning dialog message to show different file name in prompts.

Solution

Update the affected icedtea-web packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75864

File Name: suse_11_4_icedtea-web-110721.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:icedtea-web, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:icedtea-web-javadoc

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2513, CVE-2011-2514

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