• [SECURITY] [DSA 2296-1] iceweasel security update

    From Moritz Muehlenhoff@1:229/2 to All on Wed Aug 17 21:40:03 2011
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2296-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 17, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : iceweasel
    Vulnerability : several
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2011-0084 CVE-2011-2378 CVE-2011-2981 CVE-2011-2982
    CVE-2011-2983 CVE-2011-2984

    Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Iceweasel, a web browser
    based on Firefox. The included XULRunner library provides rendering
    services for several other applications included in Debian.

    CVE-2011-0084

    "regenrecht" discovered that incorrect pointer handling in the SVG
    processing code could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2011-2378

    "regenrecht" discovered that incorrect memory management in DOM
    processing could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2011-2981

    "moz_bug_r_a_4" discovered a Chrome privilege escalation
    vulnerability in the event handler code.

    CVE-2011-2982

    Gary Kwong, Igor Bukanov, Nils and Bob Clary discovered memory
    corruption bugs, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2011-2983

    "shutdown" discovered an information leak in the handling of
    RegExp.input.

    CVE-2011-2984

    "moz_bug_r_a4" discovered a Chrome privilege escalation vulnerability.


    For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.9.0.19-13 of the xulrunner source package.

    For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
    version 3.5.16-9.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
    version 6.0-1

    We recommend that you upgrade your iceweasel packages.

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
    these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
    found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: [email protected]

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