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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70463
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2011:1441
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2011:1441.

The IcedTea-Web project provides a Java web browser plug-in and an
implementation of Java Web Start, which is based on the Netx project. It
also contains a configuration tool for managing deployment settings for the
plug-in and Web Start implementations.

A flaw was found in the same-origin policy implementation in the
IcedTea-Web browser plug-in. A malicious Java applet could use this flaw to
open network connections to hosts other than the originating host,
violating the same-origin policy. (CVE-2011-3377)

All IcedTea-Web users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
upgrade IcedTea-Web to version 1.0.6 to correct this issue. Web browsers
using the IcedTea-Web browser plug-in must be restarted for this update to
take effect.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1441.html

Risk factor : Medium

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3377
BugTraq ID: 50610
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50610
Debian Security Information: DSA-2420 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2420
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742515
http://www.osvdb.org/76940
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2011:1441
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1441.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0371 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00028.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1263-1
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