Debian DSA-2768-1 Critical: Icedtea-Web Heap Overflow Remote Threat
debian
October 4, 2013
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in icedtea-web, a web browser plugin for running applets written in the Java programming language
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Summary
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.
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.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: icedtea-web
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4349
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