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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2768-1 (icedtea-web - heap-based buffer overflow)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in icedtea-web, a web browser plugin for running applets written in the Java programming language. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could cause the plugin to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. This problem was initially discovered by Arthur Gerkis and got assigned CVE-2012-4540 . Fixes where applied in the 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 branches but not to the 1.4 branch.
Affected Software
Affected Software
icedtea-web on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-3~deb7u2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-3.1. We recommend that you upgrade your icedtea-web packages.