Buffer overflow in icedtea-web (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2012-3423
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 icedtea-web (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU43762

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3423

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

icedtea-web (Alpine package): 1.1.3-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=768be6256566d0b7d9fea69ec9a3633988908ba8
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c9b46a4187fe5271e3f1cf91a2f5d7bd73b1fab6


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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