SUSE alert SUSE-SU-2012:0979-1 (icedtea-web)

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[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0979-1: important: Security update for icedtea-web 
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Thu,  9 Aug 2012 20:08:29 +0200 (CEST)
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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
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3422
   >
   * CVE-2012-3423
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=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=5f0430d...
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d6a8bcd...

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