Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-171 - 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. The updated packages have been upgraded to the 1.1.7 version which is not affected by this issue.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2012:171
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : icedtea-web
Date : November 9, 2012
Affected: Enterprise Server 5.0
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in icedtea-web:
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).
The updated packages have been upgraded to the 1.1.7 version which
is not affected by this issue.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4540
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869040
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5:
02f8f1fb3187bf2b019e10fc3ff542de mes5/i586/icedtea-web-1.1.7-0.1mdvmes5.2.i586.rpm
ed87b63e3a7a05fa93a7d887594e4cfa mes5/i586/icedtea-web-javadoc-1.1.7-0.1mdvmes5.2.i586.rpm
e31f99b5ae33cd33b3e15e2f8687bce9 mes5/SRPMS/icedtea-web-1.1.7-0.1mdvmes5.2.src.rpm
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64:
5e43c50a281a08bfa9fa15189e5e0813 mes5/x86_64/icedtea-web-1.1.7-0.1mdvmes5.2.x86_64.rpm
b6ab717a912c368362e2665f21cde758 mes5/x86_64/icedtea-web-javadoc-1.1.7-0.1mdvmes5.2.x86_64.rpm
e31f99b5ae33cd33b3e15e2f8687bce9 mes5/SRPMS/icedtea-web-1.1.7-0.1mdvmes5.2.src.rpm
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