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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2296-1 (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 2296-1.
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-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
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your iceweasel packages.