Mageia alert MGASA-2012-0329 (icedtea-web)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2012-0329: icedtea-web-1.1.7-1.mga1
 (1/core), icedtea-web-1.3.1-1.mga2 (2/core) 
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Fri, 9 Nov 2012 00:37:45 +0100
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MGASA-2012-0329
Date: 	November 9th, 2012
Affected releases: 	1, 2


Description:
Updated icedtea-web packages fix security vulnerability:

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the IcedTea-Web plug-in. Visiting a
malicious web page could cause a web browser using the IcedTea-Web plug-in
to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2012-4540).


Updated Packages:
Mageia 1:
icedtea-web-1.1.7-1.mga1
icedtea-web-javadoc-1.1.7-1.mga1

Mageia 2:
icedtea-web-1.3.1-1.mga2
icedtea-web-javadoc-1.3.1-1.mga2


References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4540

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/201...
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1434.html

https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8020

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-...