Free and open-source vulnerability scanner
Mageni eases for you the vulnerability scanning, assessment, and management process. It is free and open-source.
Install NowAvailable for macOS, Windows, and Linux
CentOS Update for icedtea-web CESA-2012:1434 centos6
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'icedtea-web' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
icedtea-web on CentOS 6
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated packages.