SB2012092020 - Buffer overflow in icedtea-web (Alpine package)
Published: September 20, 2012
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012092020
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3423)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The IcedTea-Web plugin before 1.2.1 does not properly handle NPVariant NPStrings without NUL terminators, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), obtain sensitive information from memory, or execute arbitrary code via a crafted Java applet.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.