[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0979-1: important: Security update for icedtea-web

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for icedtea-web

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0979-1

Rating: important

References: #773458

Cross-References: CVE-2012-3422 CVE-2012-3423

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

It includes one version update.

 

Description:

 

 

The icedtea-web Java browser plugin was updated to 1.2.1 to

fix security issues and bugs.

 

* CVE-2012-3422: Potential read from a uninitialized

memory location has been fixed.

* CVE-2012-3423: Incorrect handling of not-0 terminated

strings has been fixed.

 

Security Issue references:

 

* CVE-2012-3422

 

* CVE-2012-3423

 

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch sledsp2-icedtea-web-6626

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch sledsp1-icedtea-web-6621

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.2.1]:

 

icedtea-web-1.2.1-0.7.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.2.1]:

 

icedtea-web-1.2.1-0.2.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3422.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3423.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/773458

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5f0430d04113f5d3e980b6c974b1d344

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d6a8bcd6fbc566e30623b17ca8a559b5

 

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