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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2186-1 (iceweasel)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to iceweasel announced via advisory DSA 2186-1.
Insight
Insight
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-2010-1585 Roberto Suggi Liverani discovered that the sanitising performed by ParanoidFragmentSink was incomplete. CVE-2011-0053 Crashes in the layout engine may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2011-0051 Zach Hoffmann discovered that incorrect parsing of recursive eval() calls could lead to attackers forcing acceptance of a confirmation dialogue. CVE-2011-0054, CVE-2010-0056 Christian Holler discovered buffer overflows in the Javascript engine, which could allow the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2011-0055 regenrecht and Igor Bukanov discovered a use-after-free error in the JSON-Implementation, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2011-0057 Daniel Kozlowski discovered that incorrect memory handling the web workers implementation could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2011-0059 Peleus Uhley discovered a cross-site request forgery risk in the plugin code. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.0.19-8 of the xulrunner source package. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.16-5. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.17-1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your iceweasel packages.