Red Hat IcedTea-Web 1.0/1.1/1.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat IcedTea-Web 1.0/1.1/1.2. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2012-3423. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat IcedTea-Web 1.0/1.1/1.2. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 08/07/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared at icedtea.classpath.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-3423 since 06/14/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67094 (CentOS 6 : icedtea-web (CESA-2012:1132)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166469 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Package icedtea-web was updated to version 1.4. (openSUSE-SU-2013:0893-1)).

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (77390), Tenable (67094), SecurityFocus (BID 54762†), Secunia (SA50089†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35846†). The entries VDB-61508, VDB-64046 and VDB-64045 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 67094
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : icedtea-web (CESA-2012:1132)
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OpenVAS ID: 71848
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: icedtea-web
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IcedTea-Web 1.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2012:1132
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CVE: CVE-2012-3423 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3423
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61509

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X-Force: 77390
SecurityFocus: 54762 - IcedTea-Web Multiple Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50089 - Red Hat update for icedtea-web, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 35846 - Oracle Enterprise Linux IcedTea-Web Plugin Before 1.2.1 Remote Code Execution via a Java Applet, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/07/2021 12:41
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 04/15/2017 16:27 (13), 12/07/2021 12:26 (3), 12/07/2021 12:34 (1), 12/07/2021 12:41 (2)
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