ELSA-2012-1132 Important: Oracle Linux icedtea-web security update
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(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
08/07/2012
07/25/2018
08/07/2012
07/04/2017
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-icedtea-web
- oracle-linux-upgrade-icedtea-web-javadoc
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