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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1707-1] New iceweasel packages fix several vulnerabilit

    From Steffen Joeris@1:229/2 to All on Thu Jan 15 23:10:17 2009
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1707-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Steffen Joeris January 15, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : iceweasel
    Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2008-5500 CVE-2008-5503 CVE-2008-5504 CVE-2008-5506 CVE-2008-5507 CVE-2008-5508 CVE-2008-5510 CVE-2008-5511 CVE-2008-5512 CVE-2008-5513

    Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Iceweasel web browser, an unbranded version of the Firefox browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

    CVE-2008-5500

    Jesse Ruderman discovered that the layout engine is vulnerable to
    DoS attacks that might trigger memory corruption and an integer
    overflow. (MFSA 2008-60)

    CVE-2008-5503

    Boris Zbarsky discovered that an information disclosure attack could
    be performed via XBL bindings. (MFSA 2008-61)

    CVE-2008-5504

    It was discovered that attackers could run arbitrary JavaScript with
    chrome privileges via vectors related to the feed preview.
    (MFSA 2008-62)

    CVE-2008-5506

    Marius Schilder discovered that it is possible to obtain sensible
    data via a XMLHttpRequest. (MFSA 2008-64)

    CVE-2008-5507

    Chris Evans discovered that it is possible to obtain sensible data
    via a JavaScript URL. (MFSA 2008-65)

    CVE-2008-5508

    Chip Salzenberg discovered possible phishing attacks via URLs with
    leading whitespaces or control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)

    CVE-2008-5510

    Kojima Hajime and Jun Muto discovered that escaped null characters
    were ignored by the CSS parser and could lead to the bypass of
    protection mechanisms (MFSA 2008-67)

    CVE-2008-5511

    It was discovered that it is possible to perform cross-site scripting
    attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document." (MFSA 2008-68)

    CVE-2008-5512

    It was discovered that it is possible to run arbitrary JavaScript
    with chrome privileges via unknown vectors. (MFSA 2008-68)

    CVE-2008-5513

    moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that the session-restore feature does not
    properly sanitise input leading to arbitrary injections. This issue
    could be used to perform an XSS attack or run arbitrary JavaScript
    with chrome privileges. (MFSA 2008-69)

    For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in
    version 2.0.0.19-0etch1.

    For the testing distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid)
    these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.5-1. Please note iceweasel
    in Lenny links dynamically against xulrunner.

    We recommend that you upgrade your iceweasel package.

    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 186830 9bf2b415ae6550f234fb4287f1ffc178
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 47265190 487603397f7f68e720088f5a9fff7568
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1289 a84453d1fcc2392126ee0a86a5f876bc

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dom-inspector_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 239862 2beb51f15a93ff0fbb52bf9ee2bf9262
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/firefox-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 54674 7cc2d42685bfeb9f569c27fa81ebed6c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/firefox-dom-inspector_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 54706 16e2a91256b94fca61df51819750f7e9
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/mozilla-firefox_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 55348 23c72591d917fdcd02d9cb404bdb69e6
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/firefox_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 54822 d9c2d70c48526a6ca4a1f8e68351594d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 54554 5b00fd2d4da794af564602b8b7a0b3d3
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 54554 0cca6bf32447364088bc7e56aa19e86f

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 51217632 a2b608d43acfc489dd7cc2643f2ee0dd
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 90436 e68e1a34c49991ee33ea393bec5a57c4
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 11589982 68aca123bcd86eecc9f1558774c24883

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 50215664 82c643c05f80127c7e9f2277d3dfffaa
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 88098 64cabf94ccd7d9c9b4e8b381af267ae6

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