[USN-1625-1] Icedtea-Web vulnerability
Jamie Strandboge
jamie at canonical.com
Wed Nov 7 20:56:54 UTC 2012
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1625-1
November 07, 2012
icedtea-web vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
The Icedtea-Web plugin could be made to crash or run programs as your login
if it opened a specially crafted web page.
Software Description:
- icedtea-web: A web browser plugin to execute Java applets
Details:
Arthur Gerkis discovered a buffer overflow in the Icedtea-Web plugin. 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.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.10:
icedtea-6-plugin 1.3-1ubuntu1.1
icedtea-7-plugin 1.3-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
icedtea-6-plugin 1.2-2ubuntu1.3
icedtea-7-plugin 1.2-2ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu 11.10:
icedtea-6-plugin 1.2-2ubuntu0.11.10.4
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
icedtea-6-plugin 1.2-2ubuntu0.10.04.3
After a standard system update you need to restart your browser to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1625-1
CVE-2012-4540
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icedtea-web/1.3-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icedtea-web/1.2-2ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icedtea-web/1.2-2ubuntu0.11.10.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icedtea-web/1.2-2ubuntu0.10.04.3
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